Flight Attendant Shares How Often Passengers Actually Have Sex On Flights And What Really Happens When They’re Caught

Who is really out here trying to get intimate on a plane, honestly?

Joining the mile high club might sound like a playful fantasy people joke about, but it raises a real question about how often travelers actually try it during a flight. Many imagine it as something bold or exciting, yet that idea usually fades once you picture what it is actually like in a cramped airplane bathroom.

It is one of those things that seems glamorous at first glance, but once you think about the setting for even a moment, the appeal starts to fade. The reality is far less stylish than the stories people tell.

After all, airplane bathrooms smell like a mix of strong bleach and stale urine, and the space is so tiny that even turning around feels like a challenge. There is hardly enough room for one person to move comfortably, let alone two people trying to do anything more than an awkward shuffle.

And all of that is before you even think about the inevitable walk back to your seat. That uncomfortable moment when both you and your partner step out of the bathroom at the same time, and every person nearby turns to look, makes any attempt at secrecy pretty pointless.

Then there is the cabin crew, who have seen this play out far too many times to find it cute or funny anymore. For them, dealing with this kind of behavior is just another part of the job, and it lost its novelty long ago.

Now, a flight attendant has shared how often passengers actually try to join the mile high club, along with what usually happens when cabin crew catch them in the act.

It’s anyone’s guess what’s so alluring about the interior of a planeAlexander Spatari/Getty

Mandy Smith is a flight attendant and the author of Cabin Fever: The Sizzling Secrets of a Virgin Air Hostess. In her book, she talks openly about life working on planes, including how often passengers try to get intimate mid-flight. She covers stories from her career and gives readers a closer look at what crews deal with.

Even though the mile high club gets talked about a lot and has become a well-known trope, she explained that it happens far less often than people assume. Many travelers seem to imagine it is common, but she said that is simply not the case when you look at real numbers.

“I would say one in twenty or thirty flights,” she said. “Not really that often.”

When it comes to how cabin crew handle these situations, she explained that the response is usually very simple. Most of the time, staff just knock on the bathroom door and firmly ask the passengers to stop whatever they are doing.

“It’s worse when you’ve got children on board and it’s in the daytime,” she said.

However, she added that things can be a little different during night flights. In those cases, she sometimes gave passengers more leeway if they were quiet and discreet, because it avoided causing a bigger scene for everyone on board.

“If it’s on a night flight and they’re being discreet, I probably wouldn’t even interrupt them if I’m honest.”

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Still, she shared that one of her friends had a far more uncomfortable experience with a young passenger who was absolutely determined to join the mile high club no matter what. It was an unusual situation that escalated quickly and left the crew unsure of how to handle the repeated attempts.

“One of my friends had a situation where there was a young lady of 18 who was quite determined to join the mile high club, and she just grabbed anyone,” she said.

Even after the cabin crew stepped in and sent her back to her seat, the determined passenger did not stop trying. She kept pushing boundaries despite being told to stop, which made the whole situation even more awkward for the crew.

“She sat back down in her seat, and then about half an hour later she was back up with another chap trying to join the mile high club again,” said Mandy.

“My friend said she went to speak to her parents, because she was actually travelling with her mom and dad.”

“She was only 18 bless her, she didn’t do it again.”

Talk about a painfully awkward ride home from the airport afterward…

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