NICKNAMES

[cltrat]

cltrat saw you at the drive through and calls you "Red Hot"..... you know, like the candy!

I just call her "Hottie" for short

here's two more
Rampthing> don't know how he got it but he's a heckava worker

and "Fishcamp"

 

[JoeDirt]

I just call her "Hottie" for short

here's two more
Rampthing> don't know how he got it but he's a heckava worker

and "Fishcamp"

"Ramp Thing" is a variation of the name of a creature in the movie "Swamp Thing" but he is much more lovable than that creature. They are built about the same though.

"Fishcamp" is named such because when someone mentioned going to a fishcamp he thought it was something like a hunting camp. He thought people went there to fish. Actually the term fish camp refers to a local sea food establishment that serves deep fried sea food.

 

[N965VJ]

Charter Connie – PIT based FA that was famous for giving “special†attention to PAX on sports team charters. She also was featured in the National Enquirer for having a date with a vampire.

Eddie Munster – PIT DC-9 Captain who’s welcome aboard PAs lasted several minutes long, and sounded like a New York deejay that swallowed a thesaurus for breakfast. To paraphrase one of my grade school teachers; first time’s funny, second time’s silly, third time’s a Cross-Slap™.

I guess it wouldn’t have been so bad on a transcon trip with only a few legs a day, but doing stuff like back to back PIT-ITH-ELM turns it got old pretty fast.

 

[JoeDirt]

"Count Chockula" or just "The Count"

He looks a lot like the character on the front of the chocolate cerial box.

 

[InternationalShannon]

cltrat saw you at the drive through and calls you "Red Hot"..... you know, like the candy!

You mean hot tamale? That's just because I burn ppl's arses. hahahha jk jk jk.

 

[InternationalShannon]

I just call her "Hottie" for short

they say once you go gnome you'll never go home.

BAAAHAHAHAAHHAHAHHA!!! I'm clever today! Did you see that? BLAM!!!

 

[28L_or_10R?]

There was a team lead in PHX that went by the name "8-Track". He had a working 8-track player at home and had functioning 8-track tapes. When he ran for TWU 580 presidency, the ballot showed his name with 8-Track in parenthesis.

 

[JoeDirt]

"Fatback"

I have no idea how he got this name. Maybe someone can explain this one.

 

[cltrat]

they say once you go gnome you'll never go home.

BAAAHAHAHAAHHAHAHHA!!! I'm clever today! Did you see that? BLAM!!!

so I have heard

 

[ggiby]

Charter Connie – PIT based FA that was famous for giving “special†attention to PAX on sports team charters. She also was featured in the National Enquirer for having a date with a vampire.

Eddie Munster – PIT DC-9 Captain who’s welcome aboard PAs lasted several minutes long, and sounded like a New York deejay that swallowed a thesaurus for breakfast. To paraphrase one of my grade school teachers; first time’s funny, second time’s silly, third time’s a Cross-Slap™.

I guess it wouldn’t have been so bad on a transcon trip with only a few legs a day, but doing stuff like back to back PIT-ITH-ELM turns it got old pretty fast.

Charter Connie is long gone.... probbly dead by now.... got fired for her charter fun....

 

[usramperTPA]

We have "Booger" here in TPA, burps and farts just like the guy from Revenge of the Nerds. I learned a valuable lesson working with him for years, when you're working in the bins with him, always take the position by the door, so you can escape in a reasonable amount of time if he decides to let one rip. Some of the folks here even changed the pronunciation to "Boo-gar", like its fancy or something. He is a great worker and friend to many, just don't get downwind of him.

 

[ELP_WN_Psgr]

Ah yes. Nicknames.

These are not USAirways employees but this triggered some memories too good not to post.

In the late 70s/early 80s WN had two ticket agents working for them in MAF.

One was "Janet From Another Planet." See the story from the early poster about ET. Same deal. It's a shame that they never managed to hook up, it would have been a match made in heaven. However, I have to say that knowing Janet, and the way she acted much of the time......I would not have been surprised at all if she had been temporarily abducted by aliens.

But my favorite (and too bad she got fired for perenially short cash register drawers) was Amazon Woman. Amazon Woman was a rawboned West Texas gal from the town of Kermit (right down the road from Wink, birthplace of Roy Orbison.) She stood 6'3" tall in stocking feet and had a nasal twang that could destroy an automobile paint job and cause your fillings to fall out.

I was catching a flight MAF-HOU one Halloween and all the WN agents were dressed up in costumes, and naturally she came as one of the "Coneheads" from Saturday Night Live. Her cone scraped the ceiling of the gate area in the Midland Air Terminal.

The other thing I remember most is how bloodthirsty Amazon Woman was when it came to other airlines. She paid attention to what Braniff, Continental, Texas Intl were doing...and responded accordingly. She'd hear of a delay or a cancellation....and she'd grab the mike and broadcast throughout the terminal "Listen Up! If Any Of Y'all Are Stuck on the Continental Flight that just got delayed by a whole bunch and want to go to Houston Rat Now.....Git on up here to Gate 3, We're Fixin to Load."

I was single back then and occasionally thought of asking Amazon Woman out but decided against it....if the date didn't go well, it would not have been fun to spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair.

 

[phlgreaser]

This is some funny stuff

 

[JoeDirt]

Greaser this was a great idea for a thread.

 

[JoeDirt]

"Mini-Me"

He is named after the character in the Austin Powers movie. He has the shaved head and is a little taller than the real Mini-Me but not by much.