I’m A Flight Attendant – Here’s What We Always Eat On Planes

Getting on a long flight can be a discomfiting experience at the best of times, but it’s made all the worse if your tummy is growling.

Fortunately, flight attendants have come up with a handy collection of travel hacks, and food jet setters should sidestep at all costs.

While gobbling down chocolates and crisps might be tempting, cabin crew members have suggested more nutritious snacks instead.

According to a newspaper outlet, aircrew staff suggested consuming foods that were low in salt, which they say will help keep energy levels up and decrease post-flight puffiness.

As well as low-sodium food, cabin crew members also recommended holidaymakers pack foods like carrots or celery sticks as well as protein bars and dried fruits.

Nuts were also big on their checklist of things to take, although they recommended avoiding peanuts as some passengers could be allergic to them.

Michael Rice, who’s a cabin crew member for a budget airline, suggested eating bananas.

He added that passengers might like to pack bananas but by the time the passenger lands that would have gone all brown or black. He recommended that instead of bringing lots of bananas, just pack one or two to eat on the plane.

Another flight attendant suggested foods like hard-boiled eggs and fish fillets, although so-called stinky foods could cause some debate.

Meanwhile, one former flight attendant on TikTok shared her top recommendations for curbing cravings during a long-haul voyage.

Kat Kamalani, who was an air stewardess for six years, put together a checklist of all the foods she takes on long journeys.

In her video, Kat Kamalani said that whether she’s travelling for business, family, vacation, or work, this is what she brings with her every time.

Giving some extra ‘travel hacks’, Kat Kamalani explained she put her food inside an insulated bag and puts an ice pack on top of her items to keep them cool, and that she always brings a water bottle to stay hydrated.

Kat Kamalani added that she always makes sure she brings veggies and a piece of fruit. Next, she always has something that curbs her sweet tooth when travelling and she loves SkinnyDipped travel packs and she loves that they’re so full of clean ingredients.

Much like Michael, Kat’s snacks are protein-based to help keep her energy levels up, and she comes up with her own homemade recipes.

It’s obvious that attendants get preferential treatment if they can board with ice packs and bottles of water, while passengers have to pay for onboard luggage, and honestly, boiled eggs on a long haul – no one wants to smell the impact of that in a few hours, that would be one smelly plane.

And if you do take fruit, vegetables or homemade snacks on your flight, please remember that some countries have stringent bio rules to protect their unique flora, so bin anything you haven’t consumed, including banana peel or apple cores, or risk a huge penalty.