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I work in aviation maintenance. An aquaintance was on a road trip to fix an airplane when he and his partner where sitting in the departure lounge awaiting empty seats so they could get home. An old lady sitting next to them struck up a conversation, and eventually said (I shit you not)," Those planes are all so noisy. Why don't they use that 'whisper mode'?". The parnter, without missing a beat replied, "Ma'am, it just uses too much fuel."