Dfleet7 From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 153 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (12 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 909 times:
before it turned to us airways, we used to call it US SCARE
PHLFlyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 851 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (12 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 901 times:
LIAT "Let it arrive today"
BWIA "But will it arrive?" "Better walk if able" "Britain's worst investment abroad"
Lindy field From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 3072 posts, RR: 15 Reply 11, posted (12 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 817 times:
AIRLINERS.NET CREW HEAD DATABASE EDITOR
In grade school, PSA was "People scattered around"
Delta - "Delayed even longer than anticipated"
AndyEastMids From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 996 posts, RR: 2 Reply 12, posted (12 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 803 times:
A few others...
SAHSA (Honduran Airline) - Stay At Home Stay Alive
QANTAS - Quick And Nasty, Typical Australian Service
PAN AM - Planes Are Not Aways Maintained
DELTA - Doesn't Ever Leave The Airport
Oh, and EasyJet is known as SleasyJet rather than QueasyJet round our way!
Lewis From Greece, joined Jul 1999, 3448 posts, RR: 5 Reply 14, posted (12 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 794 times:
ALITALIA-always late in takeoff, always late in arrival
BOAC-better on a camel
EAL-Eastern's always late
EL AL-Every landing always late
JAT-Joke about time
LOT-luggage on tarmac
TACA-take a chance airline
TAP-take another plane
Mt99 From United States of America, joined exactly 14 years ago today! , 6354 posts, RR: 7 Reply 17, posted (12 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 720 times:
I have a brouchre that says taht founder of TACA, guy from New Zeland, said his pilots flew like "Parrots" (ie, not in a straight line), that's teh reason for the company's logo (parrot) and "red head" .