✈️ Flight Log: Leg 15 – LPPT (Lisbon, Portugal) ➡️ GMME (Rabat–Salé Airport, Morocco)

“Mint Tea & Mild Airspace Intrigue”
Block Time: 1.9 hours, 1 airspace transition, and 4 last-minute wardrobe changes
Cargo Manifest:

• 200 ceremonial teapots engraved with “International Peace is Steeped in Tradition”
• 3 barrels of saffron insured as “Cultural Essence”
• A roll of red carpet the crew forgot to return from Monaco
• Wattles McFreedom wearing a fez, a kaftan, and an expression of political ambition

Diplomatic Purpose:
Deliver cultural gifts, spice up bilateral relations (literally), and negotiate a symbolic mint tea accord while subtly implying Boeing’s supremacy via Adelyn’s landing flare.

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Crew Notes

• Adelyn:
  Took the crossing into African airspace personally. Reviewed three separate NOTAMs on the Strait crossing, then conducted a full performance review of ATC while descending. Executed a landing so smooth a nearby camel bowed. Claimed it was “just the wind.”
• Eleanor:
  Rewrote Casablanca in slam poetry format. Performed an excerpt at passport control. Airport staff gave her a cookie to stop. Tried to legally marry a carpet but was talked down by Camila.
• Noah:
  Wrote a “MintTeaGPT” bot that recommends tea pairings based on your mood and favorite Moroccan proverb. Now has a fan club of spice vendors. Received a proposal of marriage via TikTok comment.

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Passenger Vibe Check

• Dr. Moretti:
  Claimed Moroccan air is a cure for bureaucracy-induced fatigue. Demanded to sample every regional tagine. Declared the spice market “medically enriching.”
• Raj:
  Launched “SpiceChain,” a blockchain-based traceability system for cumin. Accidentally tokenized the concept of “aroma.” No refunds.
• Colonel Hawke:
  Called the local architecture “strategically calming.” Tried to inspect a souk for “fortification purposes.” Bought seven rugs and a birdcage.
• Yuki:
  Constructed a pop-up art piece titled “Mint Condition” using tea leaves and airline baggage tags. Described it as “a sensory critique of post-colonial hospitality.”
• Camila:
  Narrated the arrival as “An airframe’s descent into memory, where tea meets intention under golden light.” Camera crew mistook this for a tourism commercial.

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Flight Highlights

• Eleanor played Moroccan jazz through the PA, then claimed it was part of the ILS
• Adelyn didn’t speak for 30 minutes after rollout—possibly in awe, possibly buffering
• Wattles was given a ceremonial welcome by a group of schoolchildren and briefly served as a symbol of agricultural resilience

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Mission Summary

• Success Metrics:
  • Landing: flawless
  • Tea: consumed in vast, potentially dangerous quantities
  • Camels: observed from a respectful distance
• Diplomatic Outcome:
  • Morocco welcomed the team with traditional music and mild curiosity
  • Eleanor now holds an honorary poetry visa
  • Wattles is being monitored by the Ministry of Cultural Symbolism
• Crew Rating:
  • Adelyn: 10/10 – acknowledged Moroccan ATC as “elegantly efficient”
  • Eleanor: 18/10 – considering a career in decorative diplomacy
  • Noah: 9/10 – was gifted a goat. Politely declined, but they follow him anyway

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Debrief

Raj was briefly detained for trying to explain crypto using spices. Yuki’s tea installation caused four tourists to reevaluate their life paths. Camila’s footage will be re-edited into a series called “North Africa in Seven Glares.” Wattles was caught bowing to his own reflection in a teapot.

Next Stop: DAAG – Algiers, Algeria
Objective: Bring architectural schematics, not ignite an aesthetic debate, and somehow keep Eleanor from improvising “Arabesque No. 7” in passport control.

Ready to head east along the Mediterranean coast?