Supermodel Naomi Campbell cleans her airplane seats with disinfectant wipes before sitting down, and you should too
In her video, when Campbell boards an airplane and heads to her seat, instead of immediately sitting down and getting comfortable, she whips out a pair of latex gloves and Dettol disinfectant wipes.
"Clean everything you touch. Anything you can possibly touch," Campbell says.
Campbell wipes down her entire seat, including her arm rests, remote controls for TV and air, plus her tray table.
"I do not care what people think of me," Campbell says in the video. "It's my health, and it makes me feel better."
The woman sitting behind Campbell even asks, "Can you do my seat next?" Campbell replies that she won't clean the seat for her, but she was happy to lend her cleaning equipment to her fellow passenger.
I watched Campbell's video before getting on a flight of my own, on a trip from New York City to Toronto. When I boarded the plane, I immediately noticed how filthy the seats and tray tables were. I found crumbs of food all over my area.
Cleaning crews might walk through the airplane once it's landed to remove obvious trash, but for short 30-minute turnarounds, that's often the best they can do. Planes generally have more thorough cleanings during longer layovers, or when they're staying overnight at an airport, but deep cleaning on airplanes happens far less frequently, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Thankfully, my wife remembered to bring disinfectant wipes. We cleaned down our entire area, just like we would at the gym, before settling in.
Naomi Campbell goes one step further, because she buys seat covers for her airplane seat. "They're handwashed at every hotel I go to," she says. It's not a bad idea.
Most airlines don't share how often they clean the interior of their planes, but you should assume that your seat and tray table hasn't been cleaned in awhile. Be like Naomi Campbell, and clean everything. Your immune system will thank you later.
To watch Naomi Campbell's entire airplane routine, check out the video below.
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