Flight Attendant's are the real Heroes up in the air for serving us those drinks and food, even if they give you the drink and ask for it 2 minutes later on short flights. Alright, this actually makes sense but is also a bit shocking...So flight attendants say that since you are up so many feet in the sky that sodas react different when poured from a can. They tend to bubble up more and take longer to fizz down, specially DIET COKE. So when passengers ask for a Diet Coke they plan ahead and pour those first because of the fizzle time. If like 3 people order Diet Coke close to each other it can delay them from moving down the aisle faster. Interesting! Freaking Diet Coke is very annoying to them when we you order that diet. Good thing I only order Beer! Check out the full Article on Town & Country