“Turns out the smell was his wound which was seeping pus. It was from his leg dressing and it was so distinctive and we couldn’t get rid of it, even with coffee bags under the seats and toilet spray.”

Oh the friendly skies. All walks of life and all different cultures thrown together in a small tin can hurtling across the globe to a shared destination. For a while at least everyone all needs to ‘live’ together and share the same space. As crew, its our job to make everyone as comfortable as possible.

As much as some people might think their seat is their own little hotel room for the duration of the flight, newsflash: there are actually no walls. What you do has a direct impact on those in the seats next to, and around you.