Originally Posted by
CRM114
United was the Guppy US launch customer in 1965. At the merger right-sizing in 2009, that was 44 years of continuous guppy flying at UAL and it's always been what that airplane has been called. Why do call a car a car? Or a truck a truck? Cause that's it's name.
I vote best reply of 2014!
But . . .
To the extent that one would like to create unanimity, the fact that the term Guppy evokes a negative response is cause enough in my mind, to stop using the term. Consider for a moment whether or not you would use the word "nigger". I realize the example may be extreme, but I believe the general precept is the same. Why keep using the term if you know it angers others except if your intention is degradation?