Since you brought it up,
Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
'Day in the Life of an RJ Pilot'
'an' would appropriate for an airline pilot, but 'a' is correct for RJ, since regional does not start with a vowel.
From
Purdue OWL: Articles: A versus An
"...The choice of article is actually based upon the phonetic (
sound) quality of the first letter in a word, not on the orthographic (
written) representation of the letter."
