A Delta Flight Attendant Is Sharing the Wildest Passenger Stories on TikTok

Flight attendant Savannah didn’t set out to become a viral storyteller. But after one particularly absurd in-flight exchange, she pulled out her phone during a layover and began recounting the incident on TikTok. That post — a dry, deadpan retelling of a passenger asking to smoke in first class — quickly gained traction. What followed was an ongoing series, Life of a Flight Attendant, where Messer shares real moments from her time working the cabin for Delta Air Lines.

Savannah is far from the first flight attendant to take to TikTok to talk about her job. Other flight attendants have explained things like what they’re really thinking about you as you board the plane, which parts of the plane are actually the dirtiest, and the one seat that a particular flight attendant refuses to fly in. There are others who have shared their own wild passenger stories. Savannah’s storytelling and delivery has made her a favorite in this category of flight attendant TikTok tell-alls for good reason, though.

With more than a million likes across her videos, Savannah’s platform has evolved into a kind of observational journal of modern air travel. They’ve become popular enough that it’s not unheard of for Savannah to be recognized by passengers who follow her on TikTok.

Here is just a taste of some of her best customer interaction stories.

A hairy situation

@savannah0191 Replying to @boo boo ♬ original sound – Savannah

When one passenger flipped their hair over their seat and covered the screen of the person behind her, there seemed to be some confusion on where one personal bubble ends and another starts. Specifically, whether the back of the seat is in the bubble of the person sitting in the seat, or the person who is watching the screen there. It seemed to have clicked after Savannah patiently tried to shift the perspective of the long-haired passenger to make them understand that their logic meant the screen they were using wasn’t their screen.

Other worldly travel

@savannah0191

♬ original sound – Savannah

It’s no secret that flight attendants travel a lot. That didn’t stop on passenger to ask if Savannah had traveled somewhere out of this world. Not as a figure of speech, but literally out of this world. “No not the Earth, like outside of this world,” the passenger said. Confused and gently asking for a follow up explanation, the interaction ended with “Never mind it’s fine.”

Turn down the engines please

@savannah0191

guaranteed that mom heard our whole conversation

♬ original sound – Savannah

Engine noise is loud. That’s what noise cancelling headphones are for. But that wasn’t a solution for one passenger, who asked Savannah to please turn the engines off because they were making too much noise during the flight.

The crying baby conspiracy

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and this was just today

♬ original sound – Savannah

No one likes to hear a baby crying. That seems to be felt the strongest on a plane. But some passengers seem to not realize that babies are, in fact, allowed on commercial flights. One passenger came at Savannah threatening never to fly with Delta again after she heard a baby cry. “I had to inform one lady that we weren’t the only airline that allowed babies when there was a baby crying — mind you, for like 15 seconds.”

The gate seat illusion

@savannah0191 Replying to @Terry ♬ original sound – Savannah

After looking at their ticket, a passenger insisted on sitting in “G18.” That gave Savannah pause (the rows did not go to “G,” just “ABC DEF”) and then she mustered up the willpower to explain that G18 is a gate, not a seat. Unpreturbed, the passenger insisted they will sit no where but G18.

“I’m gonna propose a solution,” Savannah responded. “You can go sit at G18 in the airport or you can hand me your boarding pass and I can show you your assigned seat and you can go to Atlanta. So, I’m gonna leave it up to you. It’s your call.”