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Old 14th Dec 2001, 12:37
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christep
 
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For me one of the best bits about flying BA is the humour you sometimes get from the CSD - it always (about half a dozen times in my experience) seems to be male ones, and normally quite camp...

The one that sticks in my mind was a LHR-CDG full of tired businessmen after a long day where the boss (OK, maybe a purser not a CSD) came on about 20 mins out and said the usual stuff about, finishing with:

"... Cabin crew put the cat out and prepare the cabin for landing"
(mild chortles from a few)

followed a few seconds later by:

"miaaaaaoooooooooow...."
[a pretty good imitation of a startled cat being ejected]
(more or less everyone in the cabin convulsed

)

When we got to the gate the ground crew had a message for someone, so he came on again in his best camp voice and said:

"If there's a Mr X on the plane please could he present himself to the pretty little French thing at the door"

(which doesn't look as amusing as it sounded)

I have to say I had been getting a bit fed up with BA since they tend to suffer by comparison with Cathay who are my main carrier (although I still do enough on BA to have a BA Gold as well as a Cathay Diamond), but this put them back in my good books.
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