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Old 22nd April 2011 | 16:20
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suninmyeyes
 
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Slight thread creep but....

As a young copilot in the 80's before terrorism had influenced British aviation, I was back in the passenger cabin of a Boeing in cruise attempting to calm down a frightened female passenger. I was thinking of inviting her to see the flight deck as it sometimes helped.

Back then flight movie technology was primitive, (remember those big banjo film cassettes?) and the headsets were little more than stethoscopes, just hollow tubes and the earpieces hurt your ears. No individual screens just a large fold down one at the front and mid cabin. I must have been blocking the view because from about 5 rows behind with megaphone strength a voice shouted

"OY! YOU WITH THE STRIPES, MOVE YER F**KIN' HEAD.

I seem to remember they were gold then, not that the colour would have made any difference but hopefully your ground officials in Egypt and Sudan will have more respect for your stripes Katamarino! Good luck it sounds an interesting trip.
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