12 English lessons for when you're on an airplane

English Lesson: Is it just me, or are these seats even more cramped than normal?

1. “Is it just me, or are these seats even more cramped than normal?”

English Lesson: Ladies and gentlemen, we're experiencing some turbulence. Please return to your seats and fasten your seatbelts.

2. “Ladies and gentlemen, we're experiencing some turbulence. Please return to your seats and fasten your seatbelts.”

English Lesson: Do you want the aisle seat?

3. “Do you want the aisle seat?”

English Lesson: In the unlikely event of an emergency water landing, you may find a flotation device beneath your seat cushion.

4. “In the unlikely event of an emergency water landing, you may find a flotation device beneath your seat cushion.”

English Lesson: Welcome aboard Flight 187 to Chicago. Our travel time this morning will be approximately one hour and fifteen minutes.

5. “Welcome aboard Flight 187 to Chicago. Our travel time this morning will be approximately one hour and fifteen minutes.”

English Lesson: We're about to take off. I'll call you when I land.

6. “We're about to take off. I'll call you when I land.”

English Lesson: Always secure your own mask before assisting others.

7. “Always secure your own mask before assisting others.”

English Lesson: We ask that all electronic devices be turned off and stowed at this time.

8. “We ask that all electronic devices be turned off and stowed at this time.”

English Lesson: All baggage must be stowed in the overhead container.

9. “All baggage must be stowed in the overhead container.”

English Lesson: Seat backs and tray tables must be placed in their upright and locked positions.

10. “Seat backs and tray tables must be placed in their upright and locked positions.”

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