After causing chaos through strike caused flight cancellations which, together with the volcanic dust cloud almost managed to close British Airways, the flight crew are now doing their bit to try and stop people choosing the "worlds favourite airline".
On the recent flight from London Heathrow to Hong Kong the passengers had just settled down, ready for sleep or films when the infamous announcement came.
"This is an emergency announcement, please get ready to make an emergency landing on water".
After much screaming, tears and confusion the crew passed through the cabin explaining that it was all a mistake.
Apparently the buttons are very close together on the control panel and someone with slightly chubby fingers could easily push the wrong button....simple mistake to make I guess.
Prompted by this story we decided to hold a small research into what people would do if they were over an ocean and the fateful message came across, this is the ranking.
=1. Pray. (22%)
=1. Smoke/borrow a cigarette and light up. (22%)
=3. Try to call someone on the phone. (18%)
=3. Grab a drink or 4 from the drinks trolley. (18%)
4. Invite the airhostess/host for *** / a quick party... (14%)
5. Try to escape from the plane (6%)
There was an interesting difference in options chosen by the male/female segmentation which we won't go into now.
However it could be thought that if you have fire drills, why not practice for crash landings too. It will certainly be a memorable flight.
