Used to look after SIA 747's back in the day - friendliest staff you could ever meet...
The QUANTAS staff were fine, but they were 80% male... Quaint-*rse used to be the nickname round the "Ponderosa" in those days... that was a common nickname for Heathrow in the 70's - something to do with working for a "Cowboy-outfit..."
Best food was to be found on the Suth Afrikaan 747's when we were involved in an early morning "raiding-party"
We used to get "toilet money" for carrying out "line-repairs" in that area - there was one airline I won't mention that we used to get "TM" for walking on the plane; "DoubleTM" for working in the toilets... they were always double-fumegated prior to major or minor services - absolutely filthy... one of the guys was working in what was called the "octopus" - the air-con section near the wing-spars - just a few days after the original "ALIEN" was released - something "moved" right by his face, somewhat like the final scene in the movie - he'd seen it a few days before - ran out of the darkened cargo hold screaming and he'd wet himself... turned out to be a
big sleepy black shiny beetle that did not like the British winters much - ended up in London Zoo...
Ah... I've tangentialised again...