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Old Aug 24, 2017, 9:00 am
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tinkicker
 
Join Date: Mar 2017
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Yes, you’re quite right. That’s what we do. We alert crew to emergencies, not with the convenient intercom in the galley but by furtively whispering the names of Disney characters at each other. “Donald Duck” means ‘lethal bird strike’; “Dumbo” means ‘pilot’s dropped his magic feather’; “Shere Khan” means ‘tiger in the flight deck’ …
From John Finnemore's Cabin Pressure, a terrifyingly accurate account of life in a very small airline!
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