Real reason flight attendants say hello to you as you board plane

You may have noticed that flight attendants tend to make us feel very welcome when stepping onto the plane.

It's not because they secretly know about your fear of flying, or because they love a good chat.

Their friendliness, it seems, is not just a case of being nice, but to keep a look out for the condition of the people stepping on board.

Flight attendant Rania (@itsmekikooooo) is based in Austria has taken to social media to explain why they say hello as soon as you board the plane.

Apologies in advance if you thought you were getting chatted up.

Anyway, this is what Rania had to say: "Your flight attendant greets you, not only out of politeness, but also to check whether you are too drunk or sick to fly."

Not only this, checking people out is also to analyse which passengers could help cabin crew in the unfortunate event of an emergency, she added in the video's description.

And social media users were quick to share their thoughts in the comment section.

One person commented alluding to already knowing this, saying: "I had pancreatitis when I was in Corfu, I acted normal going on to the plane otherwise I knew they wouldn't let me on."

A second joked: "Me with headphones walking on the plane completely ignoring the flight attendants..."

While a third said: "Ah okay this makes a lot of sense, I always get the same look going on flights."

Influencer Kat Kamalani, has also shared a video on the situation.

In a clip on her TikTok account she explains that there are a number of reasons they stare intensely at passengers when they board.

And the majority of the reasons are down to making sure we're all as safe as possible.

"Have you ever walked on a plane and saw the flight attendants standing right here greeting you?" Kamalani says in the clip. "Or the flight attendants walking up and down the aisle?

"Well I'm about to tell you what we're really doing.

"So, when you're walking on the airplane and you see our happy, smiling face - we're actually looking you up and down and we are trying to find our ABPs.

"And what that is called is our able body people or person - so, these are people who are going to help us in an emergency.

"For example, military personnel, firefighters, nurses, doctors.

"So, in case of an emergency, like a medical emergency or we are going to land the plane or there's a security breach, we know who is on our plane and who can help us."