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POL.777
16th Oct 2005, 08:17
Just a silly question from the other side of the closed cockpit door.... I have been studying the cabin manual of the airline in which I work, and stumbled upon something I really didn't understand.
The manuel states that cabin crew are not allowed to serve alcohol for escorts to deportees (DEPA) and for tigers? So what is a tiger anyway, surely we are not transporting wild animals :)
My best guess is that it is some ECAC abbreviation or something. Please enlighten me, I need to know about this tiger business.
Bst rgds
POL
Kelas
16th Oct 2005, 10:34
It's a big pussy cat with orange and black stripes. Do not feed!!!!
Rhodie
16th Oct 2005, 11:50
Someone wot's done a technicolour yawn... shot a cat... barked up a tiger...?????
Havn't a clue really...... :E
R
SydGirl
16th Oct 2005, 11:56
Apparently if you give alcohol to a tiger they get very aggressive and may bite.
Consider yourself sufficiently warned.
:E
SG
What does your airline call and unaccompanied minor???
TIGER sounds like a possibility.
flyblue
16th Oct 2005, 13:34
POL.777
If it's an acronym, there should be an acronym and abbreviations list in the manual, it's worth checking!
Farrell
16th Oct 2005, 13:40
If it's a Swiss airline.....PM me and I'll tell you the answer as I can't tell you here.
If it's Singapore Airlines, I have heard their crew being nicknamed Tigers by some pilots.
POL.777
16th Oct 2005, 14:47
Thanks a lot for the amusing answers :D
I find it very interesting to read the cabin manual, and I can recommend any pilot with too much sparetime to do the same. Great tool for improving CRM.
Flyblue: It's not in the list of abbreviations, but thank you for the tip.
I am flying for a low cost carrier, and none of the CCs' I have asked knew the answer... Guess I will have to ask the author of the manual.
POL
ettore
16th Oct 2005, 21:00
Pol,
My guess is that you're working for an airline based in Switzerland where the so-called Tigers are plain clothe policemen paid by the Bundessicherheitdienst, i.e. by tax payers. They are not keen on flashy orange and black stripes but normally carry a leather holster with a heavy metalthing in it, which sometimes turns out to be largely as dangerous as a Tiger bite. :}