Change of Aeronautical Terms

As the airliner was pulled away from the gate, the flight attendant gave the passengers the usual information regarding seat belts, etc.
Finally, she said, "Now sit back and enjoy your trip while your captain, Judith Campbell, and the crew take you safely to your destination."
Ed, sitting in the eighth row, thought to himself, "Did I hear her right? Is the captain a woman?"
When the attendants came by with the drink cart, he said "Did I understand you right? Is the captain a woman?"
"Yes," said the attendant, "In fact, this entire crew is female."
"My God," said Ed, "I'd better have two scotch and sodas. I don't know what to think with only women up there in the cockpit."
"That's another thing sir," said the attendant.
"We No Longer Call It The Cock Pit."
"It's The Box Office"


Adapted from http://rootsgpk.blogspot.com, of course.

On another accord, the name "cockpit" probably came from the pit where cockfights took place back in the middle age. Shakespeare first coined the lower pit around the stage of a theater "cockpit", probably to refer to the spectacular of the plays (see www.aerospaceweb.org). However, given the now well-known "naughtiness" of Shakespeare's multiple referral of words, there is a chance that he indeed meant that pit to be filled with "cocks".