Jim Wilson
n.— «About 50,000 bodies were air-shipped last year.…American, meanwhile, has developed a code name for its program: Jim Wilson. Funeral directors calling the airline in the presence of the deceased’s family can simply ask for the name. “It makes things easier for them,” says the spokesman.» —“Tracking Travel” by Jonathan Dahl Wall Street Journal Mar. 22, 1988. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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