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Old 15th Nov 2008, 03:42
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Panama Jack
 
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You hear animal sounds on the frequency (Costa Rica).

You hear "piropos" on the frequency between male pilots and female controllers (or vice-versa).

Cabin crew greet the flight-deck crew in the morning at the hotel with a kiss on the cheek and a cheerful "¡Buenos días capi!"

Passengers checking-in in Miami to fly home show up with a steamer-trunk size bag as carry-on. Check-on baggage includes a washer and dryer, new stereo system, and two large boxes full of miscellaneous.

Famous local pilots have nicknames such as "el Loco", "el Gordo", or "el traga moscas", etc.

You think of the FAA as progressive, highly efficient, charitable and overall- a model to follow.

The Director of the local Aeronáutica Civil is in jail.

The guy who flies the Cessna 152 shows up at the airport wearing white pilot shirt, blue tie, blue pants, polished black shoes, Ray-Ban glasses, pilot hat and Epaulettes with 4-bars of gold or silver braid.
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