“When I’m a passenger on a flight, you’ll never catch me taking off my shoes, walking barefoot, or casually putting my feet ...

These mishaps and others have stoked anxiety about aviation safety. Christine Chung, a travel reporter, flew to Seattle to join a class about Alaska’s flight attendant safety training.

A flight attendant shares 3 things most people don't know about training school By Rachel Gillett China Photos/Getty Images May 31, 2016, 9:12 AM PT ...

On the job, the flight attendants will use about 40 percent of their training; Whipp hopes they never have to employ the other 60 percent. “Most people don’t see this side of the crew,” he ...

Flight attendant training isn’t about service; it’s about safety, which has been amplified after recent high-profile aviation accidents.

In 2019, Emirates flight attendants made 16,337 calls to medical personnel on the ground. In the same year, flight attendants saved four lives by using an onboard defibrillator.