Many years ago, while a member of the RAAF, I was flying a B707 into Canberra early one evening, just on sunset in fact. On the observers seat right behind me was Mrs Hazel Hawke, the then PMs wife, who had asked for a flight deck seat for the arrival into Canberra. It was the time of day when the airfield lights were in the process of being switched on and the only ones actually on were the VASIS, it was twilight so there was no rush.
Anyhow I leaned across to my FO mate and dropped this one,
"You'd think the c*nts would turn the fekcing lights on wouldn't you?"
Doh!!!
Both the big ones in front of the PMs wife. Oh Oh.
I asked the FO, on intercom, if he heard what I'd said and whether there was any visible reaction. He said yes he did and no there wasn't.
I thought the best thing to do was apologise, so I turned around in my seat and said,
"I'm very sorry Mrs Hawke, it just slipped out and it won't happen again"
She looked at me and smiled while she gave me a pat on the shoulder and then said,
"Don't worry laddie, I've heard it all before"
What a great lady, on a subsequent trip we shouted each other drinks for half the night in a bar in Dubrovnik.