Airline paints plane with idiot's guide to flying

by GD Thu 11 Feb 2010, 9:18 pm

Do you ever feel slightly patronised by the announcements at the beginning of a flight, telling you the same message about where the plane's emergency exits are and how the lifejackets inflate? Well, that's nothing compared to how one company have decorated their new plane - with an idiot's guide to aviation.

Aviation for Dummies: Kulula's plane is painted with a guide to the aircraft's parts

Kulula, a South African budget airline, have given one of their new Boeing 737-800s a livery that acts as a beginner's guide to aircraft mechanics for the plane ignorant.

The labels on the plan point out key features of the plane, such as 'nose cone', 'wing #1' and 'wing #2', 'front door' and 'back door'.

Other features of the plane get somewhat cheekier descriptions - the place where the captain sits is labelled as 'the big cheese', while the toilet is described as a 'mile-high club initiation chamber'.

It also helpfully informs passengers that the plane's black box is, in fact, orange (black objects being quite hard to find in crash sites.)

We hope that there won't be a test at the end of every flight, however ...