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Do you know any examples of aircrew 'slang'?

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I am looking for 'slang' or oxpressions from domestic airline staff...

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  1. Brace, Brace, Brace! - Means "oh F*ck we're about to crash"


  2. Wizard prang.

  3. Holy c**p, we're out of fuel....WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!!.

    NO, wait...thats just the intercom light.

    nevermind.

  4. http://www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/RNZA...

    there's a bunch at the above site.

    HOPE THIS HELPS (:

  5. 'Galley Hag'=flight attendant, male or female

    'Smurf Juice'=the blue stuff they put in the heads

    'Head'=bathroom

  6. "bitchboy" is slang for a crew chief

  7. I sure do.

  8. "The Office" - Flight Deck

    "Box Office" - an all female crew in the cockpit.

    "Ball Bearing Stewardess" - male flight attendant

    "Ramp rats" - ground handling crews

    "Houston" - Flight Operations Center

    "Motion Lotion" or "Go Juice" - Jet Fuel

    "The (Insert last name here) Twins" - husband and wife crew pairing

    "Left and Right Legs" - aircraft main gear

  9. C****pit and joystick have pretty obvious sexual connotations.

    We are now on our FINAL approach.

    Famous last words on black box.....Oh Sh*t !!

  10. Self loading freight - passengers

    The sharp end  - flight deck

    The pointy end - flight deck

    The office - flight deck

    The alien - oxygen mask on Airbus aircraft

  11. One of my favorites.

    SLF- Self Loading Freight.....ie slang for passengers

    ...greenmatt "self ejecting freight" haha!

  12. Cattle

    herd

    SABA

    switch monkey

    switch bi*ch

    wet time

    steam gage

    blue side up

  13. whats this switch do.... followed by cursing...then more cursing .. then silence...(taken from an actual flight recorder)

  14. 'CHOC'S AWAY', means stop eating were taking off

  15. "Kick the tyres and light the fires" = "Carry out a pre-flight check and start the engines - in accordance with the manual, obviously"

    And a follow-on from chrisbow....above, "Self-ejecting freight" = Paratroops

  16. "Watch out for that airplane in front of us . . ."
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