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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
 
Occasionally, airline attendants make an effort to make the "in-flight safety lecture" and their other announcements a bit more entertaining. Here are some real examples that have been heard or reported:

1. From a Southwest Airlines employee: "There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are only 4 ways out of this airplane."

2. Pilot: "Folks, we have reached our cruising altitude now, so I am going to switch the seat belt sign off. Feel free to move about as you wish, but please stay inside the plane till we land. It's a bit
cold outside, and if you walk on the wings it affects the flight pattern."

3. After landing: "Thank you for flying Delta Business Express. We hope you enjoyed giving us the business as much as we enjoyed taking you for a ride."

4. As the plane landed and was coming to a stop at Washington National, a lone voice came over the loudspeaker: "Whoa, big fella. Whoa!"

5. After a particularly rough landing during thunderstorms in Memphis, a flight attendant on a Northwest flight announced: "Please take care when opening the overhead compartments because, after a landing like that, sure as hell everything has shifted."

6. From a Southwest Airlines employee: "Welcome aboard Southwest Flight XXX to YYY. To operate your seatbelt, insert the metal tab into the buckle, and pull tight. It works just like every other seatbelt and
if you don't know how to operate one, you probably shouldn't be out in public unsupervised. In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, oxygen masks will descend from the ceiling. Stop screaming, grab the mask, and pull it over your face. If you have a
small child traveling with you, secure your mask before assisting with theirs. If you are traveling with two small children, decide now which one you love more."

7. "Weather at our destination is 50 degrees with some broken clouds, but they'll try to have them fixed before we arrive. Thank you, and remember, nobody loves you or your money more than Southwest Airlines."

8. "Your seat cushions can be used for flotation. In the event of an emergency water landing, please take them with our compliments."

9. "As you exit the plane, please make sure to gather all of your belongings. Anything left behind will be distributed evenly among the flight attendants. Please do not leave children or spouses."

10. "Last one off the plane must clean it."

11. From the pilot during his welcome message: "We are pleased to have some of the best flight attendants in the industry. Unfortunately none of them are on this flight."

12. This was overheard on an American Airlines flight into Amarillo, Texas, on a particularly windy and bumpy day. During the final approach, the captain was really having to fight it. After an extremely hard landing, the flight attendant came on the PA and announced, "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Amarillo. Please remain in your seats with your seatbelts fastened while the captain taxis what's left of our airplane to the gate!"

13. Another flight attendant's comment on a less than perfect landing: "We ask you to please remain seated as Captain Kangaroo bounces us to the terminal."

14. An airline pilot wrote that on this particular flight he had hammered his ship into the runway really hard. The airline had a policy which required the first officer to stand at the door while the passengers exited, smile, and give them a, "Thanks for flying XYZ airline." He said that in light of his bad landing, he had a hard time looking the passengers in the eye, thinking that someone would have a smart comment. Finally, everyone had gotten off except
for this little old lady walking with a cane. She said, "Sonny, did we land or were we shot down?"

15. After a real crusher of a landing in Phoenix, the flight attendant got on the PA and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please remain in your seats until Captain Crash and the crew have brought the aircraft to a screeching halt up against the gate. And, once the tire smoke has cleared and the warning bells are silenced, we'll open the door and you can pick your way through the wreckage to the terminal."

16. Part of a flight attendant's arrival announcement: "We'd like to thank you folks for flying with us today. And, the next time you get the insane urge to go blasting through the skies in a pressurized metal tube, we hope you'll think of us here at US Airways."

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :
 
Hardy Har Har Har!!!!!

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Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
 
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant

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Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :
 
Deadly.

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Posted by MC Infinity (Member # 531) on :
 
Luckily the employees at British Airways are humourless, so that's why I always fly with them.

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
 
Nah. Their wit is just very dry. You probably missed it.

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
 
I noticed most of those were from Southwest Airlines...which I believe is quite defunct now, is it not?

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Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
 
Southwest is defunct?! Since when? They are the most comedic airline out there...

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Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
 
Southwest Airlines isn't defunct. Maybe you're thinking of American Airlines' takeover/buyout of TransWorld Airlines?
 
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
 
Isn't that the cover agency James Bond uses?

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Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
 
Universal Exports. 8)

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
 
Actually, about half way through the Flemming novels, the "Universal Exports" cover was blown, and they started to use another. Called, I think, "Transworld Express".

I don't know if that was ever carried over to the films though.

Now don't you feel the better for knowing that?

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
Is that any relation to "Trans Europe Express", the Kraftwerk song? Probably not...

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Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
 
No, they stuck with Universal Exports. You might be thinking of the post-Fleming novels.

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But now I�ve brought Star Trek into it again, haven�t I. Sorry."

- James Lileks, 09/04/2001
 


Posted by MsChris (Member # 445) on :
 
This one was personally experienced on a USAir flight from Cincinatti, OH to Atlanta, GA.....

Smoking is prohibited in the restrooms. If you are caught you may be prosecuted, but you will definately be spanked on the fanny, sent out on the wing for the remainder of the flight where the feature presentation will be 'Gone With The Wind'.

Best flight I had! This attendant was full of puns, but that was the most memorable one!!!!

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
 
You know, going by the British meaning of the following words:

"'Smoking is prohibited in the restrooms. If you are caught you may be prosecuted, but you will definately be spanked on the fanny'

"Best flight I had!"

That becomes unintentionally hilarious.

But to go back to the off-topic, I'm almost 100% certain that in one of the 60s novels (possibly even the last Flemming full length one), they switched to Transworld Express. I know, because Gardner, in his first official book, got it wrong and made the cover agency Transworld Consortium, but he corrected it in a later book.

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :
 
I believe Benson has mentioned Universal Exports. Perhaps all of the villains have Alzheimers.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
Ever since I've become familiar w/ certain aspects of British English, I can no longer use the terms "fanny" or "on the job", and I'm sometimes tempted to use the phrase "knock up" in the non-American sense, which could cause hijinks to ensue...

Damn you, Britain!

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
 
What do you mean, damn us? We came up with the language, y'know. British English, indeed. It's English, and stupid US-wrong English. Where vagina means bottom.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
There's something to be proud of. Inventing the most screwed-up language around... :-)

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Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
 
comb, tomb, bomb, yep, those all sound alike??? NOT!!!

I prefer to call what I speak American, since I do use words from several languages. US of A, the melting pot of the worlds peoples and languages.....

Which is why we have riots burning down our cities, it takes a wee bit of heat to melt people....

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
 
Hey, we didn't invent it. Blame the Romans. And the French. And pretty much everyone else who ever invaded us.

"US of A, the melting pot of the worlds peoples and languages."

Whereas, of course, the UK is completely closed off to immigration. White-boys only allowed on this fair isle.

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Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
 
Heck, I didn't come up with it, it's been around for awhile.....

I have a couple of skinheads I can send your way then, they are good guys, if you are skinhead too, otherwise they are piles of crap....

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
"We came up with the language, y'know." -Liam

"Hey, we didn't invent it." -Liam, four hours later

Hm...

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
 
Damn you limeys!! Now I'm starving for a big hot curry stew all of a sudden!!!

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
 
Tim: You're actually listening to the crap I'm coming out with?

Besides, after over a year of watching Omega argue on the Flameboard, I've completely lost all my coherent reasoning abilities.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
Good arguement. I can understand that... *L*

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