box office
n.— «Womem shouldn’t fly. Why do you think they call it a cock-pit and not a box office.» —“Re: The 99’s” by Scot Pederson Usenet: rec.aviation.piloting Aug. 1, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
box office n.— «Most airliner cockpits (box office if it’s a female crew) were designed back in the fifties when traffic was not a serious consideration.» —“Re: Airliners land at uncontrolled airport?” by Ralph...
box office n. jocularly, the cockpit of an airplane piloted by a woman. Editorial Note: The joke quoted in the second 2002 citation is widespread and has been recycled by a number of people who have claimed it for their own or published it in joke...
box office n.— «“Yes,” said the attendant, “In fact the entire crew is female.”…“We no longer call it the cockpit. Now it’s the box office.”» —“Marvin’s nightmare flight” Richard Harter’s...
box office n.— «They don’t sit in a “cockpit” though, they sit in the “box office” Just goes to show, women will do anything to promote themselves, just like guys.» —“Hooters Air?” by craig inluminent Mar. 7...
box office n.— «Flew with someone the other day and she referred to it as a box office.» —“the word ‘flight deck’ vs. ‘cockpit’” by Capt. Paul Skinback in United Kingdom PPRuNe Forums (Unite) Sept. 26...