An American Airlines pilot has fled on social media after divulging some trade secrets along with a series of photos of himself enjoying life between his hectic work schedule.
Garrett, 29, from North Carolina, has more than 600,000 followers on Instagram and a similar number on TikTok, with his posts detailing life behind the scenes as a commercial airline pilot.
In one of his most recent videos, Garrett goes into “where poop gets on planes,” saying while many people think it’s dumped “onto the population below” mid-flight, it actually goes “through the plumbing to the tail of the plane “.
Then, when the plane lands, the ground crew removes the toilet accumulations via pipes.
Garrett, 29, from North Carolina, has amassed more than 600,000 followers on Instagram and a similar number on TikTok with his posts detailing life behind the scenes as a pilot
When he’s not flying planes, Garrett’s posts reveal his other two passions: leisure travel and going to the gym
Continuing on the topic of waste, he reveals: “On a 747 on a long-haul flight, toilets can be flushed over a thousand times, creating over 320 gallons of waste. That is much!’
In another TikTok post, the flight addict answers the question, “Do pilots sleep on planes?”
PILOT GARRETT’S TRADE SECRETS
- The waste is piped to the tail of the aircraft and pumped out when the aircraft lands
- On long-haul flights, toilets can be flushed over 1,000 times, creating more than 320 gallons of waste
- There are secret compartments on planes where the crew sleeps and everyone takes turns
- Every commercial airline is struck by lightning at least once a year, but the planes are designed to withstand it
- A newly hired regional pilot can make $50,000 to $60,000 per year, with this exceeding about $100,000
- At the low end, pilots with major airlines can make around $75,000 to $85,000 at the absolute end, and then “the sky’s the limit.”
- Some cargo pilots make as much as $800,000
- Choose a seat on the wing for less turbulence
He explains to viewers that the answer is yes, but “it’s not what you think it is” and that it’s not just about dozing at the tiller – the equivalent of an airplane to the steering wheel of a car.
As Garrett shows a photo of a secret personnel’s sleeping compartment on an airplane, he continues, “Just to be clear, pilots don’t sleep on the flight deck on long-haul flights.
“There is actually such a thing as an extended flight crew, which means there are more than just two pilots on the flight deck during these extended crew flights.
“Pilots will actually take turns returning to a designated rest area. Many of these long-haul airlines have designated crew bunk areas that are not visible to passengers.”
One of Garrett’s posts also looks at what happens when lightning strikes a plane.
He says since a deadly US strike in 1967 destroyed a plane due to a catastrophic fuel tank explosion, things have become “significantly safer” with planes built to withstand such blows.
According to Garrett, who became a pilot at the age of 18, every commercial airline is struck by lightning at least once a year, and it happened to him once during his aviation career.
He recalled, “The lightning actually struck right under my feet and exited.”
The National Weather Service says that “on average, commercial transport aircraft are struck by lightning once or twice a year.”
“They are designed and built to have conductive paths through the aircraft to take the lightning strike and conduct the currents,” the service says.
For anxious passengers, Garrett recommends a number of techniques to calm nerves, including getting to the airport early and finding a place to meditate if possible.
When it comes to choosing a seat on the plane with the least amount of turbulence, he recommends going for one closer to the wing.
“When you’re close to the wing route, you’re actually absorbing most of the turbulence in the wing route, so you feel less and less bumps throughout the flight,” he said.
dr Quay Snyder, the president of the Aviation Medicine Advisory Service, says seats over the wings — typically found in rows 10 through 30 — offer more stability because they’re closer to the “center of gravity.”
On the financial front, many viewers have asked Garrett how much pilots make, as he often shows glimpses of his luxury lifestyle, enjoying designer fashion brands, luxury cars and five-star hotels.
In another TikTok post, the flight addict reveals how pilots sleep on planes and reveals what one of the secret staff’s sleeping compartments looks like
Garrett also shared “where poop goes on airplanes,” saying while many people think it’s ejected mid-flight, it actually goes “through the plumbing to the tail of the plane.”
Garrett started out as a pilot when he was 18 and now works for a major US airline
He says a newly hired regional pilot can make $50,000 to $60,000 a year and “then raise about $100,000.”
At the big airlines, he says, salaries are “a mess.”
“Maybe on the lower end around $75,000 to $85,000 at the all time low and then the sky is the limit. If people want to fly as much as possible, get all that premium time, time and a half [etc],’ he said.
“There are some cargo pilots and widebody captains … who make about $700,000 to $800,000, but if you’re a regular captain, you can expect to make maybe $200,000 to $300,000 a year.”
Finally, on the subject of chemtrails — the theory that governments or other powers are involved in some secret program to add toxic chemicals to the atmosphere from airplanes — the pilot says, “They’re not real.”
Garrett says, “Seriously, they’re actually called contrails. [These are] Basically just really cold air at altitude passing through a turbine and venting condensation at the back end, hence the name “con”.
Continuing on the topic of waste, the pilot reveals, “On a 747 on a long-haul flight, toilets can be flushed more than a thousand times, creating over 320 gallons of waste. That is much!’
The pilot says one of the most common questions he gets is how he stays in shape while flying. He says it’s just about hitting the gym when he can
Plenty of pictures show off his fit physique – which he says is the result of a dedicated workout routine – in a number of sun-kissed destinations. Above, pictured on the Amalfi Coast of Italy
“It’s the same as going outside on a really cold day and exhaling warm air – you’re basically creating contrails yourself.”
When he’s not flying planes, Garrett’s posts reveal his other two passions: leisure travel and going to the gym.
Plenty of pictures show off his fit physique, which he says is the result of a dedicated workout routine in sun-kissed locations from the Amalfi Coast to the Cayman Islands.
The pilot says one of the most common questions he gets is how he stays in shape while flying.
He says it’s just about hitting the gym whenever he can, no matter what time of the day.
In one video, Garrett can be seen pumping iron in a 6 a.m. workout class, after which he said he walked his dog, Bella, and indulged in an infrared sauna session.
In other clips, he makes a high-protein smoothie and eats a protein bar, which he says is one of his go-to snacks “after a workout, a hike, and just a long plane ride.”
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