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Old 17th Jun 2013, 12:05
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BOAC - Better on a camel

BOAC & BEA reminiscences website soemone told me about this weekend

<FONT COLOR=BLUE>BETTER ON A CAMEL<B></BIG></FONT>
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A great airline - but I remember it as Boys Overseas After Crumpet
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At the time of the Profumo affair, Bend Over Again Christine
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Angel BEA

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

Such an Awful Bloody Experience Never Again

YS
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And Lufthansa?

Let Us The Hosties And Not Say Anything!
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Been over at Cartierville.
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Apologies to Alitalia.

"All ladies in transit always leave in agony".

As for Qantas.....

Surely BOAC means "Better off at Caledonian".

Ciarain.

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I remember BOAC's advertising slogan, "It's quicker by BOAC" that was bowdlerized to "It's quicker by BOAT"
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BWIA - But Will It Arrive?

TWA - Try Walking Across.

PIA - Please Inform Allah.

UAA - Use Another Airline.
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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
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BWIA?
Britain's Worst Investment Abroad!!
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THY -- They Hate You
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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."
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"As for Qantas"-

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

but on the rare occasions it wasn't:
PAL - Punctual At Last
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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
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Garuda = Good AiRline Under Dutch Administration

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TWA

Another for (much-missed) TWA

"Thousands Wait Anxiously"
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BAF

British Air Ferries - Bloody Awful Flight.
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