travel In fact, staff are so conscious of not wanting to upset those on-board, that some airlines reportedly use a code word when referring to deceased passenger. For obvious reasons, the phrase is kept pretty tightly under wraps, but according to The Mirror , Sara Marsden, Editor in Chief for US Funerals Online, revealed that American Airlines staff use a name: 'Jim Wilson'. For anyone experiencing grief... (Post continues below). We reached out to Virgin Australia to see if they have an equivalent term, but they were unable to comment on internal procedures.

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