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Amnesia10

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Air passengers 'more trusting of pilots who sound posh'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/trave ... -posh.html


	Quote: Four-out-of-five airline passengers feel more at ease if their pilot speaks with a "posh" voice, according to new research. And while air travellers are also reassured by Scottish and Newcastle accents, 76 per cent said that they would take no comfort from hearing a Birmingham voice over the tannoy.

Snobs though I would expect blind panic if they ever heard a scouse accent.

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Re: Air passengers 'more trusting of pilots who sound posh'

Amnesia10 wrote:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/7532922/Air-passengers-more-trusting-of-pilots-who-sound-posh.html


	Quote: Four-out-of-five airline passengers feel more at ease if their pilot speaks with a "posh" voice, according to new research. And while air travellers are also reassured by Scottish and Newcastle accents, 76 per cent said that they would take no comfort from hearing a Birmingham voice over the tannoy.

Snobs though I would expect blind panic if they ever heard a scouse accent.

what about a middle eastern accent :shock:

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	bobbdobbs wrote: what about a middle eastern accent

This is Captain Aziz on this the London to Paris flight stopping in Beirut for refueling.

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Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:00 pm

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Re: Air passengers 'more trusting of pilots who sound posh'

My favourite in flight pilot tale comes courtesy of a friend Luke.
Luke was on a flight to Switzerland, with his friend Tom, who we nicknamed The Wookee.
So, Luke and Wookee were sat on the plane, when the pilot, a Hans Olo gave his announcement.
Luke... Wookee... Hans Olo... flying...

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Re: Air passengers 'more trusting of pilots who sound posh'

That's just reminded me of a very funny BA pilot on a flight from Birmingham to Aberdeen a few years ago.

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	l3v1ck wrote: That's just reminded me of a very funny BA pilot on a flight from Birmingham to Aberdeen a few years ago.

Care to enlighten us?

We once had a female pilot, there was a huge cheer when she parked the plane.

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Re: Air passengers 'more trusting of pilots who sound posh'

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	l3v1ck wrote: That's just reminded me of a very funny BA pilot on a flight from Birmingham to Aberdeen a few years ago.

Care to enlighten us?

There were snow/slash rain storm in the area. He aborted the first landing as one was right over the airport, which he then followed up with the following announcement (in a typical posh pilot voice).
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I'm afraid there will be a few minutes delay before we land. I've asked the airport to run some skid tests on the runway after that last squall as I expect the runway is wet and slippy, and I don't do wet and slippy."

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