What you wear on a plane matters more than most travelers realize. Andrea Fischbach, a flight attendant at American Airlines, recommends swapping casual t-shirts and tight jeans for loose, long-sleeved clothing — and her reasons go well beyond comfort.
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- —Bare skin risks burns on emergency evacuation slides
- —Tight clothes can raise DVT risk on long flights
- —Slip-on shoes and compression socks are flight attendant-approved
Emergency evacuations: why bare skin on an inflatable ramp is a real hazard
The scenario sounds remote, but flight attendants are trained to prepare for it: an emergency evacuation requiring passengers to slide down an inflatable ramp at speed. According to Andrea Fischbach, bare skin in that situation is a direct risk of burns and scrapes from contact with the ramp surface.
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