Dog3 wrote:

> "Nancy Young" > wrote in
> :
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> >
> > "Gregory Morrow"
> > <gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net>
> >
> >> The airline bizness is simply not the interesting and exciting place to
> >> aspire to a career nowadays...
> >
> > Oh, I don't know, I see that show, Airline ... looks like a ton of fun.
> >
> > nancy
>
> I watch it also. Did you see the episode with the man that had such bad
> body odor no one wanted him on the plane? It was hysterical.
>

Or the drunks. Do they really let these people on da plane...???

The UK version of _Airport_ (can be seen sometimes on A&E or the
Wings/Military cable channels) is a lot more entertaining even while having
a more serious tone. They go behind the scenes at London's Heathrow Airport
(and others in Europe), dealing with medical emergencies, animal quarantine,
customs/immigration scenarios, etc...

They feature different airlines, which is nice (the US version only features
Southwest).

One episode had the planning Icelandic Airlines went through in order to
prepare for a state visit of the Icelandic president to the UK. They showed
the whole deal, from the President en - planing in Reykyavik, in flight,
de - planing in London...and yeah, the Icelandic prez flies business class
in a 757 with no huge entourage, just a few aides. Those democratic
Icelanders!

[The Australian Premier books the entire First Class cabin of a Qantas 747
when he travels, he has a larger entourage and more security. They had that
on the show, too...]

Another episode showed a Czech Airlines stewardess on a Prague - London
flight. On this particular flight she was undergoing her yearly performance
evaluation, scored by a senior flight attendant. What do you do in case
there is a suspected fire in the lavatory?* What if you have a passenger
who speaks an unfamiliar language? Etc.. She got a 98, so she passed.

They show quite a lot of the animal handling facilities at Heathrow. Lots
of tropical animals (lizards, birds, etc.) don't survive their journeys.
They once had a bunch of bats that got loose - it was pretty funny watching
the guys try to catch them!

Once the police arrested a British Airways flight attendant when his flight
landed. He had phony ID's, and in fact a whole bogus identity. Turns out
he was from Lebanon, had "escaped" to UK because he was treated badly by his
family because he was ***...he had somehow finagled a job with BA as a
flight attendant. *He* had no bad intentions but it's really something to
think about in these days of heightened security concerns.

Catch the show if you can, it's pretty entertaining. Far superior to the US
version...

[* You feel the door to see if it is hot. If so, you get the fire axe and
break the door down if necessary...have the fire extinguisher at the ready!]

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Best
Greg