Names, names!
What a splendid array of monikers! Thanks, every one for your imaginative titles and the reasons why....
People who are required to learn English may be puzzled by some nicknames. It took me quite a while to figure out Dan Winterland, Lou Scannon, Pete O'Tube, Art E. Fischler-Reisen. Some, alas, are bordering on the scatological (what else do you expect from a bunch of pilots?) Hugh Jarse almost looks respectable. bumitch? perhaps talcum powder might help...
Will Hung and Seymour Beaver obviously hope to impress....while monocock - with reference of course to the construction of certain aircraft (took me a while to get that one - being misled by his explanation. I've never yet heard of a gentleman with two of those items.)
Genghis the Engineer refers to his illustrious ancestor - who may well be actually his ancestor, because the DNA of Genghis Kahn is found in more than 30% of the population of Asia - and Europe!
but I0540 does not need to be concerned about the German chap Norbert W*nk who moved to the United States. Americans are not acquainted with the term.