{"id":164,"date":"2025-10-01T20:02:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etheruimnews.live\/?p=164"},"modified":"2025-10-01T20:02:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:02:34","slug":"flight-attendant-explains-why-cabin-crew-members-always-sit-on-their-hands-during-takeoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etheruimnews.live\/?p=164","title":{"rendered":"Flight attendant explains why cabin crew members always sit on their hands during takeoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve been on a flight recently, you may have noticed the strange way flight attendants sit up front.<\/p>\n

You know the position I\u2019m talking about – hands under bottoms?<\/p>\n

However, there\u2019s an important reason why they do this.<\/p>\n

Recently, a\u00a0flight attendant<\/a>\u00a0in the Philippines explained on\u00a0TikTok<\/a>\u00a0why the crew can often be seen sitting on their hands during takeoff and landing.<\/p>\n

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Why do flight attendants sit on their hands during take-off?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Henny Lim is a\u00a0flight attendant<\/a>\u00a0for Cebu Pacific airlines, and shared that it has everything to do with preventative measures rather than keeping their hands warm during the flight.<\/p>\n

In the clip, Lim presented the question: “Why do cabin crew sit on their hands while in their jumpseats?”<\/p>\n

If you didn\u2019t know, jumpseats are the seats that crew members can sit on while they are not moving about the cabin during takeoff and landing.<\/p>\n

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Lim went on to demonstrate the position with her hands under her thighs, explaining that the position is called the ‘bracing position’ which crews need to use in case of emergency.<\/p>\n

Now, you might recall the position we\u2019ve all been told is the\u00a0optimal position to protect yourself\u00a0<\/a>during a plane crash – head-down brace position – but this position instead involves ‘fastening seatbelt securely, sit upright, sit on hands, palms up, thumbs tuck[ed] and arms loose’.<\/p>\n