Originally Posted by
Airhoss
Exactly! Not only that but it's been explained here that it's childish and feminine to use nicknames for airplanes UNLESS you are military.
Except that "Dreamliner" is painted on the side of all our 787s. So I'm guessing that is a "nickname". When I google Dreamliner I get 3,100,000 results, so apparently it is a widely used nickname.
Boeing uses the name "Dreamliner" in all its ads, as well as United. How childish!!