In an effort to get passengers to pay more attention to the pre-flight safety videos shown on its aircraft, Air New Zealand has stripped them down to the “bare essentials.”

The airline has begun showing a video featuring flight attendants and a pilot wearing nothing but a smile and some strategically-applied body paint. The virtual vestments are designed to look like the official uniforms of the cabin staff, right down to the jaunty scarves worn by the female flight attendants.

But don’t cancel your childrens’ vacation plans just yet. While the video plays out like a three-and-a-half minute striptease, it remains family friendly throughout, with all of the employees’ private parts concealed by clever camerawork.

Clothing is still required for ticket holders.

IF you’ve left the door open while peeing, if you listen to music while they try to talk to you or if you’ve tried to grab a seat in the crew rest area – then flight attendants hate you.

Flight attendants from around the world have broken their silence to reveal the things that passengers do that really gets under their skin.

While Kevin Rudd’s alleged angry outburst at a flight attendant and Naomi Campbell’s infamous cabin catfight have hit the headlines, it’s these everyday annoyances that really get their goat.

You leave the door wide open when you pee.

“One of the most annoying things passengers do is not closing the lavatory door,” celebrity flight attendant David Holmes from Southwest Airlines said.

You double order your drinks.

“Asking one flight attendant for a drink and before they get back with it, asking another flight attendant for the same drink, is bad news,” Bethany Burke, a flight attendant from Florida, US, said.

You tap flight attendants on the shoulder to get their attention.

“Passengers tap me to get my attention but then don’t give me eye contact when talking to me,” Mr Holmes said.

“Passengers wouldn’t take off their headsets when I asked them if they wanted food or drink,” ex-hostie Susan, who worked for Qantas for over 20 years, said.

“When I ask passengers if they’d like something to drink, three times out of five the response will be ‘Wha?’ And that’s a ‘wha’ without the ‘T’,” Heather Poole, flight attendant for a major US carrier, said.

“‘Something to drink?’ I’ll ask again, and while I ask this question I find myself wondering why you haven’t taken off the iPod or those giant Bose noise cancellation headsets covering your ears when you see me standing at your row.”

You stuff your bag to breaking point and then ask for help to stow it away.

“The worst is when people bring a heavy bag onboard, then tell me that they can’t lift it overhead because of a bad back,” Mrs Burke said.

“Lifting your bag into the overhead bin is not, nor has it ever been, part of my job description. Honestly, I don’t know what bothers me more, the fact that a passenger will come on-board and expect me to lift their bag, or the fact that they actually get upset when I won’t lift the bag,” Mrs Poole said.

You complain about the overhead bin being full and make a fuss about having to put your bag in the rows behind.

“Passengers who get annoyed about the overhead bins near their seats being full, and then say the word “ridiculous”, are so annoying,” Mrs Poole said.

You order a special meal and then change your mind at the last minute.

“I hate it when passengers order a vegetarian, kosher or fruit special meal and then want a regular meal instead,” Mrs Burke said.

You’re messy and inconsiderate.

“There’d be so many people who’d just throw things on the floor right in the middle of the cabin, such as newspapers they’ve finished with or rubbish,” Susan said.

“Surprisingly, it’s no different in first class, they’re just as messy as the other passengers.”

You read up about getting free upgrades and pull all the tricks to try and get your way.

“Another annoying thing is the tricks people used to play to get upgraded,” Susan said.

“You could see the pattern for a lot of people, but if they win it’s just rewarding them for bad behaviour.”

You expect to be told the moment you change time zones.

“Passengers often want to know exactly when they should change their watch when crossing time zones,” Mrs Burke said.

You try and take over the crew rest area.

“Trying to sit in our crew rest seats, which are sacred to us, is a very bad idea,” Mrs Burke warns.

You enter the galley without permission and loiter.

“Unless you’ve actually been invited into the galley (it does happen), you do not step onto the floor for any length of time,” Mrs Poole said.

You spill water on the toilet floor and leave without cleaning it up.

“People would leave water on the floor after using the toilet, forgetting about all the other passengers who may slip and fall,” Susan said.

You have unrealistic expectations of your air travel experience.

“I saw a first-class passenger chuck a hissy fit as we didn’t have the right flavour of yogurt onboard. A bit unrealistic,” Susan said.

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There is a shuttle service between Heathrow airport and Hotels in Central London. The service is named national express dot2dot, and runs between Heathrow airport and Canary Wharf, in London city center, close to the Tower of London. The price is £22 per person, one way, from the airport, and two or more people may have a discount on tickets. You may get info at the national express dod2dot website, which is simply named dot2.com. If you want save a few pounds you may choose the Heathrow Express, a train that runs from 5 am to 12 pm, and the ticket price is £15.50 if you buy the ticket at the airport, or £17.50 if you buy the ticket on the train. There are two train stations serving the airport, one is Heathrow Central that serves terminals 1 to 4, and the other that serves terminal 4.

Just visit heathrowexpress.com for further info.

There are also coaches between Heathrow’s central bus station and Victoria Coach Station in Central London, not far from The Victoria trains station. The journey lasts from 40 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes, depending on traffic condition and on one of the routes the bus runs. Single tickets start at £4, and the service is available between 5.30 in the morning to 9.30 in the late evening. Moreover you may find useful info at nationalexpress.com, that I suggest to you to browse. I’d recommend you to book your seat in advance, especially during weekends or at rush time, when there is a lot of people traveling from the airport to London city center as well as traveling around Central London itself. Considering allow plenty of time to reach the airport two hours before you do the check in, and this in case of road delays that may occurs due the traffic in London city center, and in the immediate surroundings.

You may also catch the Tube to reach London city center from the airport, by traveling on the Piccadilly line (blue line). Traveling on the Tube is less comfortable than traveling by coach and takes a lot longer, but it is quite cheaper, and it is recommended for adults traveling alone, that could save a lot of money respect to a black cab or a mini-cab. If you are going to catch this public transport I advice you that there are three Tube station serving London’s Heathrow airport: one is serving terminal 1 to 3, another one serving terminal 4 and the last one serving terminal 5. The standard price is £4 at any time, but consider taking a Oyster card online. This peculiar fee is cheaper than the standard fee, in fact the price is £3.50 Monday to Friday from 07.00 to 19.00, and it is just £2.00 at all other time, including public holidays.

So, consider to get an Oyster card by visiting  the London transports website (https://oyster.tfl.gov.uk), where you may open an online account and pay as you go, or elsewhere renew your travel card.

The ones traveling with small children, for example a couple and two o three babies may be advantaged by using a taxi or a mini-cab, instead of a public transport. I suggest you to use a black cab, or a reputable mini-cab service, and never use unauthorized drivers. The price for a black cab from Heathrow to Central London is about £40

There are special feature to give opportunities of easy traveling to passengers using wheelchairs, and exiting at Paddington has been made easier. If traveling with a disabled person, you should plan your journey in advance, because only the newer buses are equipped for wheelchairs.

Photo of Heathrow Express Station originally posted by JL2003