Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best.
Oh so thats where the Co-Captain sits!
Kulula Air is the South African equivalent of EasyJet here. But no bright orange paint-job here. Green. With labels! The fleet of 737′s are covered with details about the plane, with arrows pointing to the most important parts including little bits of clever commentary.
Someone there clearly has a great sense of humour. I couldn’t help but wonder whether those of a nervous disposition might be more worried when they see where bits of kit are. I understand that there is a marking for the ‘black box‘ (which are usually EasyJet orange). I’m not sure you need to remind those slightly worried looking passengers – although the old joke used to be to sit on top of it – on the basis they always recover the black box!
Some of the labels:
galley (cuppa anyone?)
avionics (fancy navigation stuff)
windows (best view in the world)
engine #1 and #2 (26 000 pounds of thrust)
some windows = kulula fans (the coolest peeps in the world)
back door (no bribery/corruption here)
loo (or mile-high club initiation chamber)
rudder (the steering thingy)
galley (food, food, food, food…)
ZS-ZWP (OK-PIK) = secret agent code (aka plane’s registration)
fuel tanks (the go-go juice)
cockpit window = sun roof
nose cone (radar, antenna, and a really big dish inside)
Brilliant!
It also has another use – when I used to fly (much smaller planes than this) one of the tricky bits to learn was the check-list for the walk around (or pre-flight check). No such problem here! The check-list is painted on the plane….
