DPP: Would You Like Fries With That?

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So pressdbtwnpages is new to the fandom and was wondering recently where all the AU fic is. Though we have a lot of fix-it and Academy variations of AUs, her inquiry was: Where are the Barista!AUs? Where are the office-setting fics? 

We've talked before about how there isn't a ton of slash for this fandom or even a lot of kinkfic for pilots (Angst is their kink, baby). But why do you think there hasn't been a lot of Earth/reality-based AUs? Where's the silly stuff like pilots trying out for American Idol or wing!fic or the like? What tropes do you see other fandoms doing a lot of that we don't have for pilots? What would you like to see?