I may have mentioned this here before, but: a friend of ours, who was a flight attendant on Air India in the mid-70s, shared one of my favorite-ever bits of gallows humor. During the years that she worked for them, Air India (AI) was in a grim competition with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for the title of “World’s Most Dangerous Airline”; it seemed like there was a major incident every other week.
So the joke went round:
Q: What does “PIA” stand for?
A: Please inform Allah.
Q: And AI?
A: Allah informed.
(For what it’s worth, I’m confidently informed that both airlines are much safer these days.)
