This is pprune at its very best for thread drift.
A BA crew gets commended for dealing with a difficult take-off problem in a 744 in JNB, South Africa which is several thousand feet above sea level and, now, within a couple of pages, we are about to be immersed in a freezing river in Washington D.C. in a 732 just off the end of DCA.
Those of you who remember anything about the Air Florida disaster and have any interest in crews being put under enormous pressure to get the job done by the management might also remember the graffiti sprayed inside one of the jetways at MIA.
As best as I can recall it said "Dick Skully before Skully Dicks You". Whatever that might have meant I simply cannot imagine.
Isn't thread drift wonderful?
By the way, well done to the BA crew.