Originally Posted by Blackhawk

A while back, pre 9/11, I flew the ATR-72. We had a forward cargo hold between the cockpit and the pax area; it had a walk way that connected the cockpit to the cabin with cargo nets to hold the bags. There was a door between the cockpit and the cargo area and another between the cargo area and the cabin. We had two FAs.
If we had a new FA we had two jokes we would play at night.
1. At cruise altitude, have the FO go to the cargo area and hide. Then call to the back and ask for a drink. The senior FA (who was in on this), would send the new FA to the cockpit. The captain would tell the FA when she showed up with the drink to go back to the lav and tell the FO to hurry up. When the FA responded that the lav was empty and she hadn't seen the FO since we were on the ground, the captain would tell her to stop kidding around, that the FO went back there before the door closed and must still be back there and he was tired of doing everything by himself. Believe it or not, many a FA took this hook line and sinker and started to freak out.
2. Have the FO hide as before. When the FA started to walk through the dark cargo hold, the FO would reach out and grab her. Worked every time.