What is an "Air Tray"? (Jim Wilson desk)
Aug 4, 05, 10:56 am
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What is an "Air Tray"? (Jim Wilson desk)
AA987 BOS-MIA today the ramp workers loaded a 6'x3'x2' white cardboard box with the AA logo on it that said "Jim Wilson Air Tray" on all sides in print (as opposed to handwriting). Now I'm pretty sure I know what was inside, but is that the entire title of the thing, or is that the name of the unfortunate cargo hold passenger? Seems like an expense to actually have the name machine-printed onto the box...
Aug 4, 05, 11:04 am
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Originally Posted by AA2070
AA987 BOS-MIA today the ramp workers loaded a 6'x3'x2' white cardboard box with the AA logo on it that said "Jim Wilson Air Tray" on all sides in print (as opposed to handwriting). Now I'm pretty sure I know what was inside, but is that the entire title of the thing, or is that the name of the unfortunate cargo hold passenger? Seems like an expense to actually have the name machine-printed onto the box...
It really doesn't cost that much to print a name on a box.
Here is a picture of this "item" from a casket catalog.
http://www.pettigrewcaskets.com/cata...ray_closed.JPG
Aug 4, 05, 11:15 am
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Jim Wilson is the moniker AA uses for those less than fortunate souls that are transported in the cargo hold.
Dec 23, 07, 7:23 pm
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"Air Tays" For Shipping Casketed Human Remains
I want to respond to your posting about the Jim Wilson air tray. Jim Wilson is a Manufacturer of Air Trays. An Air Tray is a box that is used to ship Casketed Human Remains on an Airplane. My sister owns C & L Containers, also a manufacturer of Air Trays and other containers used by the funeral industry. I hope this clarifies this for you.
for more info see her web site at www.clcontainers.com
for more info see her web site at www.clcontainers.com
Dec 23, 07, 7:55 pm
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No idea where the "Jim Wilson" tag comes from, but I di find this article while searching.
Citations: 1988 Jonathan Dahl Wall Street Journal (Mar. 22) “Tracking Travel”: About 50,000 bodies were air-shipped last year.…American, meanwhile, has developed a code name for its program: Jim Wilson. Funeral directors calling the airline in the presence of the deceased’s family can simply ask for the name. “It makes things easier for them,” says the spokesman
A “Jim Wilson,” for example, is airline industry argot for a cadaver being shipped in cargo; undertakers routinely ask for “Jim Wilson” fares. So when a computer executive’s wife inquired about her husband at the airport recently—"Is there a Jim Wilson on this flight?”—the attendant promised to phone the baggage department and locate the casket. “Needless to say, my wife was taken aback,” my friend Mr. Wilson reports.
Dec 23, 07, 8:06 pm
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Thinking way back to when I went to ramp training, I remember covering this subject, and I seem to recall the name being something to do with the person who makes/designs the box. A quick google revealed something along those lines with Jim Wilson being the patent holder on the design .
Dec 23, 07, 9:26 pm
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Does Jim Wilson have an AAdvantage number? Does he get frequent dier mileage? Or has his account expired?
Jan 31, 08, 1:01 am
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Terrorist watch list?
According to Tuesday's Wall Street Journal, James Wilson is on the DHS terrorist watch list.
I wonder if this causes any trouble for AA?
I guess old Jim's got nothing to lose...
I wonder if this causes any trouble for AA?
I guess old Jim's got nothing to lose...
Jan 31, 08, 1:17 am
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Jan 31, 08, 1:22 am
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Jim Wilson is an Academy Award winning producer who has worked extensively with Kevin Costner.
Jokes follow this post.
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Jan 31, 08, 1:50 am
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