BOAC - Better on a camel

[Heathrow Harry]

BOAC & BEA reminiscences website soemone told me about this weekend

<FONT COLOR=BLUE>BETTER ON A CAMEL<B></BIG></FONT> (http://betteronacamel.com/)

[Bergerie1]

A great airline - but I remember it as Boys Overseas After Crumpet

[Airbanda]

At the time of the Profumo affair, Bend Over Again Christine

[lakerman]

I thought "back each afternoon" was a better description for the domestic side of things.

[Yellow Sun]

Then there was:

Such an Awful Bloody Experience Never Again

YS:E

[BEagle]

And Lufthansa?

Let Us :mad: The Hosties And Not Say Anything!

[innuendo]

Been over at Cartierville.

[Kieron Kirk]

Apologies to Alitalia.

"All ladies in transit always leave in agony".

As for Qantas.....

Surely BOAC means "Better off at Caledonian".

Ciarain.

[Warmtoast]

I remember BOAC's advertising slogan, "It's quicker by BOAC" that was bowdlerized to "It's quicker by BOAT"

[JW411]

BWIA - But Will It Arrive?

TWA - Try Walking Across.

PIA - Please Inform Allah.

UAA - Use Another Airline.

[G&T ice n slice]

When I worked there it was knows a British Overstaffed Airways Corporation.

Then it was rolled up with those grammar school and secondary modern oiks from BEA and it was never the same

[mcdhu]

BWIA?
Britain's Worst Investment Abroad!!

[Wander00]

THY -- They Hate You

[India Four Two]

PAL - Plane Always Late

PWA - Please Wait Awhile

Trans Texas Airways - Tree Top Airlines or Tinker Toy Arlines

When Trans-Texas Airways changed its name to Texas International Airlines, the company ran newspaper ads showing a Tinker Toy airplane flying along treetops. The copy read "No More Tinker Toys. No More Treetops. We are now Texas International Airlines."

[chimbu]

"As for Qantas"-

Well.
The politically incorrect ones can't be published
But-
Quite A Nice Trip, All Survived

[Allan Lupton]

Quote:
PAL - Plane Always Late

but on the rare occasions it wasn't:
PAL - Punctual At Last

[falcon12]

TWA - Teeny Weeny Airways.

Also applied to the RAF's 152 Squadron who flew Pembrokes's and an Andover whilst based in Bahrain in the late 60's

[Heathrow Harry]

Garuda = Good AiRline Under Dutch Administration

[goofer]

Another for (much-missed) TWA

"Thousands Wait Anxiously"

[compton3bravo]

British Air Ferries - Bloody Awful Flight.

[Genghis the Engineer]

ETOPS

Engines Turn or Passengers Swim.

G

[Cunliffe]

Sex and Satisfaction

[treadigraph]

Garuda = Good AiRline Under Dutch Administration

"Good Airline Run Under Dutch Administration" I think it was.

[jerryh99]

LIAT - Luggage In Another Town.

[Allan Lupton]

Quote:
Sex and Satisfaction

In Denmark I think it was:
Svenskerne Alle Sammen

(means "Swedes all together" I think)

[evansb]

https://imageshack.com/a/img163/1971/afjm.jpg

[vctenderness]

A great airline - but I remember it as Boys Overseas After Crumpet

A very sweet young Chinese lady in Orchard Road Singapore circa 1972 had been told by well known, very naughty BOAC steward a different version:


Boys Overseas After C***


She told me this in total innocence as I stood opened jawed in disbelief!

[c52]

Aircraft Lands In Tripoli: All Luggage In Athens.

[cobol]

British Overdue Airways Corporation

- from someone who couldn't get to HK on time ever

[D'pirate]

TWA = Thieves Whores & Alcoholics :}

[tornadoken]

Its case for $ in 1948 was Bring Over American Currency.

Take Another Plane.

Crashes All Across China.

Air Chance.

Always Late in Takeoff, Always Late in Arrival.

(There was a website with many more)

[Peter47]

LIAT was also Leaves Island at Any Time

PA was Pandemonium scAreways (okay that's not strictly PA but close)

[Motleycallsign]

As before: Such A Bloody Experience Never Again
and SAS: Same As Sabena

QUANTAS: was Quite A Nice Touchdown All Survived in view of there almost 100% safety record.

[lederhosen]

My favorite was SAHSA of Honduras 'Stay at home stay alive'. They did eventually go out of business at least partly due to their safety record, so there is many a true word spoken in jest.

[dash7fan]

AUA (Austrian)

Another Useless Airline
Another Unknown Airline

[cvg2iln]

Delta: Don't Ever Land There Again - referenced to their habit (admittedly some time ago) of landing at the wrong airport.

Our CRM classes at the time were anchored on Delta's less than auspicious experiences.

But fair enough, one length of tarmac looks very much like another. Best however to get the supposed localizer in the box.

[olbob]

Some time about 1992 when I was at Boeing working on the 777 we were in a meeting in which a bunch of airline types were present. As the meeting progressed, the subject of ETOPS was presented. From the back of the room came the voice of one of the airline reps, " Hell, I know what that means! Engines Turn Or People Swim." That loosened up the meeting quite a bit.

[carlrsymington]

From a movie/ tv program (mid 70's ?), of which I don't remember the title, I never forgot a line where a Glaswegian character was asked which airline he had travelled on.
His answer was "Twah"
The camera then panned to show the red TWA logo....
Was it LHR ???
Anyone know which tv \ movie?

[BOAC73]

Yes I remember that line. I think it might have been in an episode of Taggart but I also thought Minder as well.
B73.

[pppdrive]

Queers And Neurotics Training As Stewards
Air cunningLingus
Fly TAA the friendly way and come back in the family way
Chance it fly Ansett
Such A Bloody Experience Never Again
Teeny Weeny Airways
Deliver Everyones Luggage To Anywhere

[Tu.114]

Luggage usually flown to Hamburg and never seen again

And some non-family friendly ones.

[27mm]

Perhaps I Arrive

Sudden Arrivals Unannounced Departures Inshallah Airlines

Let Us F%&*k The Hostess And Not Say Anything

[Fareastdriver]

Having flown with Lufthansa I wouldn't admit to it if I did.

[eckhard]

English Managed, Indian Run, Arabs Take home Extra Salary

[The AvgasDinosaur]

Pan-Am = Pandemonium Scare-ways
B.K.S. = Bl**dy Krazy Service
B.C.A.L. Better Class of Airborne Ladies ( I wish they all etc etc etc ................ ahh nostalgia)
B.E.A. = Best Endeavors Accepted
Be lucky
David

[Gunjiyubin]

Beautiful VC-10. The world's most underrated civil aircraft. I was on the runway (well at the apron) when G-ARVF made the first proving flight to Ikeja. Anyone want a photo?

[Jhieminga]

Yes please! VC10 photos are always welcome

[512]

Yes, please. According to my Junior Jet Club Log Book, which I rediscovered a few days ago, I did not fly in G-ARVF. Though I did fly in six others, beautiful aircraft.:ok:

[joy ride]

Between 8 and 12 years old myself and my brother flew many trans-Atlantic flights in Super VC 10s, and 707s and DC8s. The VC 10 is still my favourite airliner by far.

As for airlines in about 1984 I flew to Belgrade and Pula, Yugoslavia and back in 4 tired Jugoslave Air Tours DC 9s. Departure time over their was never more than an abstract concept vaguely related to "not before". The local name for the airline:

Joke About Time.

[The SSK]

Yes please! VC10 photos are always welcome

The SSK's first day at work
Sept 11th, 1967

I'm the one in the middle

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d43/TheSSK/boac_ga_intake_3_sep1967_zpsf6e3d118.jpg

[Georgeablelovehowindia]

Photo no doubt taken by Ernie Loader, the BOAC staff photographer. Notice that it was indeed now BOAC without the dots, the revised cheatline etc., from the photo on #26.

That looks very much like Ken Cumberbatch from Guyana, standing there already wearing his green blazer, GA badge, and flannels. In which case, it wasn't his first day at work, because I remember him being attached to load control in T3.

By coincidence, Monday 11th September 1967 was my first day in flight operations, having escaped from load control on Saturday the 9th. (One day off between jobs - I must've been keen!)
:rolleyes:

[joy ride]

Lovely photo! Was the BOAC/Cunard livery only on Trans-Atlantic flights, with some journeys arranged with one way flown, the other sailed on a Cunard liner?

[The SSK]

That looks very much like Ken Cumberbatch from Guyana

'Twas indeed Ken, we had two guys from Guyana and two from Barbados.

I lied about the date, we started on Monday Sept 11th, the photo was taken on the Thursday or the Friday of that week.

The following week we were off to college (Ealing or Slough) for two terms, we didn't start our attachments until the following Easter. It's possible that the Caribbean guys had been around the company a little time before the rest of us but I don't think so.

[T28D]

Queer And Nasty Typical Australian Service