The Three Items You Should ALWAYS Pack And Why It's Smart to Put One Shoe in The Safe

Could you pack a suitcase for a flight in 10 minutes and remember everything?

Who better to reveal how to do so than the crew who do it several times a week.

From how to pack wet swimwear to cooking with a hotel iron, these pilots, captains and first officers have revealed their top travelling tips.

Theclub.ba.com asked British Airways’ crew members to share their go-to packing techniques and rituals before they travel – and their routines may surprise you. RFID Blocking Cowhide ... Buy New $8.46 (as of 01:30 UTC - Details)

Senior First Officer Cliodhna Duggan, Boeing 777 fleet

The night before my first training day at BA, 10 years ago, I packed my uniform and travelled to Heathrow in my civvies.

It wasn’t until I got dressed the following morning I realised I’d forgotten my black uniform shoes. All I had were the bright yellow trainers I’d travelled in. I have learnt my lesson – I now always travel in my uniform.

Travel is made so much worse if you’re tired, hungry or have a dead phone, so you should always take earplugs, snacks and a travel adapter. I recommend see-through ziplock bags too – they’re great for everything, including Cockpit Confidential: ... Smith, Patrick Best Price: $1.25 Buy New $14.71 (as of 03:05 UTC - Details) making sure your liquids don’t leak and for storing wet bikinis.

For work I can pack my case in 10 minutes. The best advice I’ve ever been given is always to put your name and contact details inside your case as well as on a label on the outside. And if you’re putting your passport in a hotel room safe, be sure to put a shoe in there with them so you won’t forget about it.

Project Pilot Ilkka Tahvanainen, Airbus training, A380 fleet

I live in Finland and commute to work in the UK, where I might be flying, doing simulator training or working in the office.

In addition to the essentials (wash bag, my British Airways ID and my flying licence), I take swimming trunks for any impromptu dips, and travel binoculars for checking out in detail some of the remote places we fly over. The mountains in the Canadian Arctic are particularly stunning.

It’s not often I have a packing disaster, though I did once arrive somewhere to discover I’d brought the kids’ socks instead of mine.

I have a neat way for folding shirts – I do up most of the buttons, then fold the ironed shirt along the middle vertical line. Then I fold the sleeves in and fold the shirt in two. The shirt comes out without needing to be ironed.

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