"Cockpit" is not PC?

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01-11-2009, 06:59 PM

#11

RKpilot

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Joined APC: Oct 2008

Position: On the hunt

Posts: 21

Holy crap! Way more information than I ever wanted to know, but interesting none the less. Good job!

01-11-2009, 07:08 PM

#12

74plb

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Joined APC: Mar 2006

Posts: 215

Or another widely held belief is that it originated as the place the petcocks were located. Hence the cockpit..

01-11-2009, 07:52 PM

#13

HSLD

APC co-founder

Joined APC: Feb 2005

Position: B777

Posts: 5,853

As a forum admin, I will preemptively apologize for the software word filter that has apparently censored Shakespeare.

01-11-2009, 09:27 PM

#14

kalyx522

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Joined APC: May 2006

Position: Student Pilot

Posts: 849

Quote:

Originally Posted by hotshot

LOL, looking at your avatar, I must say you do look lovely.

Thank you, that was before the sex change operation.

01-12-2009, 03:08 AM

#15

Selcall

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Joined APC: Dec 2007

Position: Trying to remember "Thrust Normal", "Checks", and something else besides "How are the rides today?"

Posts: 117

I fly an aircraft from the cockpit.
A flight deck is something some friends of mine in the navy land on. It moves, pitches up and down, and rolls from side to side.
The lawyers have gone too far with book censorship in a feeble attempt to not offend anyone in this politically correct era IMHO.

01-12-2009, 08:50 AM

#16

samy

Line Holder

Joined APC: Jun 2008

Posts: 79

I'm a chick, I call it a cockpit, gotta have thick skin to be successful in this profession, regardless of gender. and if something like that offends you or threatens your femininity, well, perhaps you have other issues.