OUR resident flight attendant has revealed the secret phrases to listen out for next time you board the plane.
It could mean they think you're attractive – or that you've already annoyed them.
They told The Sun: "If you do hear your seat number mentioned in the same sentence as the word "Bob" then you've caught someone's eye, as crews use that abbreviation to mean "best on board".
"There's another way we'll let other cabin crew know whether or not we like you and that's the "cheerio" method.
"As you're getting off the plane, we say "goodbye" to every passenger, but if you get a "cheerio", that's a flight attendant letting you know they'd be happy to have you on board any time."
Another flight attendant backed this up.
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They told Heart FM: "We have a little game called ‘find the Bob’ and basically Bob stands for best on board.
"So, you just find the best looking person on the plane and you call them Bob the whole day."
"Then as they get off instead of calling them Bob you’d be like, ‘Cheerio.' And that would indicate to your other crew members that you fancy them.”
They even joked that they would call them Bob to their face during food service as a joke.
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A different word is "hot coffee", according to a flight attendant, who said: "You would say, ‘I’ve got hot coffee in 3B!’ Which meant there was an extremely attractive passenger in that particular seat who the other flight attendants should check out.”
But while Bob and cheerio are good news – there are some bad names too.
The Sun's flight attendant continued: "However, if you're labelled a "Philip" then you've done something wrong and should probably expect to get bad service for the rest of the flight.
"That name originated from the term PILP – Passenger I'd Like to Punch – but has changed over time to become slightly more subtle."
It's not just flight crew who have secret phrases.
Pilot Patrick Smith revealed some of the words they use to secretly communicate.
This includes "ground stop" which means you will likely be delayed by something, while "air pocket" is where turbulence is.
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