Nigel

Nigel
 n.β€” Β«That’s the kind of people these “Nigels”β€”the airline parlance for BA flight crewsβ€”are. They don’t panic because they’ve worked it all out beforehand.Β» β€”β€œTake notice of what Nigel does and you should be prepared for all eventualities” by Torcuil Crichton Sunday Herald (Glasgow, Scotland) Jan. 20, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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