Originally Posted by
ForeverFO
Am I the only person that HATES the word "Tarmac"? Do pilots ever even use this word?
"Ground, request taxi from the East TARMAC..." Yuck.
To a non-pilot, concrete has two flavors... if it's not "runway", it's "tarmac."
And for most uninformed passengers, everything is the "runway."
"Yeah, it was horrible. We were stuck on the runway for 3 hours?" Really man, now that's what I call "Line up and wait" (rim shot)