Aviation talk

[mpflies2]

It just occured to me tonight when talking to a friend of mine that whenever I talk to another pilot and refer to an airport, we always call it by the identifier... Example -" Hey man, ya I'm still working on my CFI down here at VRB. "

I sometimes say it in actual conversations face to face, but obviously most prodominent on these boards and talking on AIM. Most pilots seem to do it and we can usually figure out what airport is being refered to even if the identifier isnt familiar.

Marc

 

[FN FAL]

Yes, flying has a lot of those acronyms. Other professions have them as well.

It makes communication between professionals less tedious.

In my college class writings, I have to remember that my on-line classmates will not know what ORD or RIC mean, so I continuously remind myself not type those in when we are discussing topics regarding cities. Since I get at least three DUATS weather briefings a day, that can be hard, because I am used to typing in all the the three letter identifiers when I log on to that service or ADDS.

If you are communicating to people outside of your profession, it's probably a good idea to not use acronyms. Your message will be lost on a lot of people and you're bound to alienate them.

 

[mpflies2]

Yes, flying has a lot of those acronyms. Other professions have them as well.

It makes communication between professionals less tedious.

In my college class writings, I have to remember that my on-line classmates will not know what ORD or RIC mean, so I continuously remind myself not type those in when we are discussing topics regarding cities. Since I get at least three DUATS weather briefings a day, that can be hard, because I am used to typing in all the the three letter identifiers when I log on to that service or ADDS.

If you are communicating to people outside of your profession, it's probably a good idea to not use acronyms. Your message will be lost on a lot of people and you're bound to alienate them.

haha very true....it is hard, almost second nature.

 

[Lostdog65]

You think Aviation has a ton of acronyms...try working for the Federal gov't...they're not happy unless they can make a long title for something then dumb it down to some kind of four or five letter acronym...

I think those are the same people who created GPS fixes...computer my eye...someone got drunk one night and fell asleep on a Scrabble board...woke up, looked in the mirror at all the letters sticking to his face and said, "Aha! CRYKY intersection sounds good...but you can only pronounce it phonetically instead of like it sounds...CRIKEY!"

I'm a cranky b*ast*rd today...leave me alone.

Eric

 

[Huggyu2]

You think Aviation has a ton of acronyms...try working for the Federal gov't...

I'll raise you one: how about aviation in the Federal Gov't??? Now, THERE'S some serious linguistical challenges!

 

[Lostdog65]

Gives new meaning to cunning linguist!

Eric