Airline pilots are trained to be attentive when they're on planes, so they will notice details that slip by most passengers.
Most passengers are likely to be concerned about turbulence, but according to Tanya Gatlin, a pilot and associate professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver, it's not as bad as most think."It's not something that's going to cause an accident or is even a factor to safety," she told Business Insider.
Instead, Gatlin said she is worried about ice. When necessary, ice and snow are removed from a plane before it takes off, and the plane is coated in materials that will prevent ice from building up while it's in the air — for a limited amount of time."We're coming down in a very short amount of distance and there's no way we can get down that fast without the power being at idle," Gatlin said.
This means the engines don't generate as much heat as when they're taking off, which increases the chance that ice will build up on the plane and make a smooth landing difficult.Scents can be one of the strongest indicators that something's wrong on a plane, as they can quickly hint at problems with the engine or fuel-storage systems.
"Sounds are always useful, but a passenger cabin often is pretty isolated from any sounds that might be indicative of a problem., on the other hand, travel around quite freely, and some are pretty distinctive," Tom Farrier, a former director of safety for the Air Transport Association, wrote on
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