British Airways was concerned about morale among cabin crews. Rather than look at scheduling, pay, or working conditions, the airline developed a brilliant morale-boosting plan. Dubbed “Hug a Pilot”, the program urged cabin crew to mix more and socialize with pilots. The Daily Mail reports that at least one stewardess decided a mere hug was insufficient. The efforts of the stewardess and the married pilot to make the skies a bit friendlier have left the teenage stewardess pregnant and grounded, and the married pilot admitting to the affair on the foreign stopover. We’re not sure whose morale was boosted, and look with trepidation to BA’s next morale-boosting initiative.
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- To fly, to service (thesun.co.uk)
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“If morale is boosted for more than four hours, a doctor should be consulted.”
As euphemisms for sex go, “morale boost” isn’t that bad…