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Old 21st Jan 2013, 12:27
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PENKO
 
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*flight attendant in a medium/'old' age
By his or her name

*those who clean the aircraft inside,
Cleaners

*cockpit crew(?), talking about a captain and first officer,
flight deck

*meal for the captain and second meal for a second pilot,
Do you want any of this? (picture a sour face)

*first officer/second pilot
flight deck

*Boeing 767 (it's called big ben here)
767

*flight attendant/cabin crew
cabin crew, ladies

*crew bus
pulman

*mechanics
engineer

*Female chief purser
senior

*jump seat
jump seat

*a room for cabin crew
crew room?

*Boeing 737-500 (called kilo here)
*Boeing 737-400 (lima)
*Boeing 737-600 (little ben here)
tractors

*flight coordinator
rampa

*passenger (I've heard something like self-loading cargo)
pax/'here they come'

*aircraft/plane
aircraft

*a bag used by people who feel sick during the flight
sick bag

*equipment like fire extinguisher, masks, oxygen bottles etc
emergency equipment

*a place where your company is located, offices etc. (it's called alcatraz among PL LOT eployees)
Hangar 89/Luton

*set of drinks, snacks that's given to pilots after the take off
crew food

*taxi
taxi

*a message from the captain to passengers before taking off and after landing
welcome PA

* 'follow me' car
follow me



Sorry, I guess we are not very imaginative in low cost operations!
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