Passenger opens plane emergency exit thinking it was the toilet

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7. That's just one more reason that people in the UK have another definition of PIA.

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is also known among airport workers in the UK as "Please Inform Allah."

Actually, many airlines have their "alternate" names for their abbreviations.

The Portuguese airline TAP is known as "Take Another Plane"

Philippine Air Lines (PAL) is known as "Plane Arrives Late"

Sabena (the old Belgian flag carrier) was known as Such A Bloody Experience, Never Again.

British Airways used to be known as "British Scareways," but only among cargo handlers. They would never give me a specific example as to why, but they said "it should be obvious to you." I actually found BA's passenger service of late to be rather good, but I don't take them much. I'll tell you what, though, if it's a question of taking American Airlines from Frankfurt to Dallas or British from Heathrow to Dallas, I'd take BA every time, and I don't care HOW crowded Terminal 5 is. Spending 11 hours on an American Airlines plane is asking something above and beyond the call of duty, as far as I'm concerned.