A BA Flight Engineer was rostered to slip in Teheran. Every night the impending revolution was on the TV news, riots and stonings etc.. The engineer’s wife became concerned and persuaded her husband to ring BA to ask, in view of the TV images of generals being beaten up etc., “Is it safe to slip in Teheran?” “Oh yes” came the reply, “We take our advice from the Foreign Office.” Wife is unconvinced and persuades Eng to ring the MNOA (the then union). Same question, same answer. Wife is unconvinced and persuades hubbie to ring the Foreign Office. He gets through to the relevant desk and says that he is planning to visit Teheran on business and, in view of the shocking images on the television, asks: “Is if safe to visit in Teheran?” “Oh yes,” says the FO man on the Iran desk, “BA is still landing!”
