Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Libyan Arab Airlines
Here is a joke that I received through e-mail a long while ago, wanted to post it here to give my fellow Libyans a laugh...

"Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen. This is your Captain Faraj Khalf allah welcoming you to the Libyan Arab airline. We apologize for the four-day delay in taking off, it was due to bad weather and some overtime I had to put in at the bakery.

This is flight 126 to Tunis... Landing in Tunis is not guaranteed, but we will end up somewhere in the West. And if luck is in our favor, we may even be landing on your village!

The Libyan Arab Airlines has an excellent record for safety. In fact our safety standards are so high that even the terrorists are afraid to fly with us!

It is with pleasure I announce that starting this year over 50% of our passengers have reached their destination. If our engines are too noisy for you, on passenger request, we can arrange to turn them off!

To make your free fall to earth pleasant and memorable, we serve complimentary tea and biscuits!

We regret to inform you, that today's in flight movie will not be shown as we forgot to record it from the television. But for our movie buffs, we will be flying right next to Air Tunis, where their movie will be visible from the right side of the cabin window.

There is no smoking in this airplane. Any smoke you see in the cabin is only the early warning system on the engines telling us to slow down! In order to catch important landmarks, we try to fly as close as possible for the best View. If, however, we go a little too close, do let us know. Our enthusiastic co-pilot sometimes flies right through the landmark!

Kindly be seated, keep your seat in an upright position for take off and fasten your belt. For those of you who can't find a seat belt, kindly fasten your own belt to the arm of your seat. And for those of you who can't find a seat, do not hesitate to get in touch with a stewardess who will explain how to fasten yourself to your suitcase."

7 Comments:

At 2:15 AM, Blogger Highlander said...

LOL Nura , whenever I read that one I can't stop laughing. especially at the bakery ..because some people do actually work fil kusha to make extra income and since a pilot in Libya does not earn much especially during the sanctions were many had to be laid off :( ...
Thanks for sharing the funny bit.

For the sake of the non-libyan readers who know nothing about Libyan airlines I'd like to add before anything else, mashallah and rabi yissun wi barak tayarina wi ihfudhum min al3in . Amen Anyway so I was saying that Libyan pilots are one of the best in the world ( just ask the schools they went too in the US). Also libyan airlines have managed to keep their fleet functioning despite a decade of no spare parts and etc... which were prohibited by the US Act which forbid sale of technology to Libya, and the sanctions made it worse by restricting them to local flights. They have serviced us very well and are doing a pretty job now that they are back to work lol.. despite not being very pretty or luxurious to look anymore. May God keep the Libyan airlines safe and our pilots and passengers as well . Amin ya rab al3alamin.

However I don't think I ever saw a movie in flight there ...
Do you remember the stewardesses though ? I think they used to choose them for ugliness... now their triage has improved alhamdulilah .I had fun with this joke my dear and only Libyans will understand it:) thanks for sharing it again.

 
At 6:33 AM, Blogger AGRADA said...

hahaha

huh..with heads up...our captins ride an expired planes..with smooth landing...but it was a really hilarious !!

 
At 4:38 PM, Blogger programmer craig said...

You have a wonderful sense of humor, Nura :)

I like the new (color) pic too!

 
At 10:30 AM, Blogger Nura said...

I am glad you all enjoyed it, it had be laughing when I first read it way back. Highlander, thanks for the explanations (though I didn't know that Libyan pilots were one of the best)! I have honestly never taken the Libyan Airway flight in my life, so can't contribute!!!

 
At 10:31 AM, Blogger Nura said...

Craig, thank you for your comment.. I see your critical eye is always at work, even noticed the picture change! One question: Is there any reason why I am not able to view your blog??!! Ahem ahem!

 
At 5:04 PM, Blogger Highlander said...

Oh Nura :) we also noticed that you've learned how to put links on your sidebar. Thanks by the way.

 
At 12:00 AM, Blogger programmer craig said...

I don't have a blog, Nura :)

 

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