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07-31-2015 | 07:22 PM

#6681

RalphWiggum

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The Spirit Airlines MEC chairman for recalling our Chairman and Vice Chairman in April in order to obtain a TA by our amendable date.

He has 40 minutes to deliver....

07-31-2015 | 07:41 PM

#6682

PotatoChip

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Big E 757

What's poh-table water? I'm asking honestly. I guess I'm one of those tools that doesn't know that the word poh-table is actually a word.

I thought everyone else was pronouncing it wrong. I figured pot-able water meant water that was safe to consume, treated. I.E. Safe to put in a pot to boil up some ramen or oatmeal in the galley.

Why is it called/pronounced poh-table?

Not trying to be a jack ---, just trying to learn. Thanks.

Because that's how it's said to be pronounced in the Delta Flight Operations Manual, duh!!

07-31-2015 | 09:28 PM

#6683

WesternSkies

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Pot-able: I've always wondered if people were saying it like that because they could "put it in a pot".

08-01-2015 | 03:29 AM

#6684

Keizer Soze

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RalphWiggum

The Spirit Airlines MEC chairman for recalling our Chairman and Vice Chairman in April in order to obtain a TA by our amendable date.

He has 40 minutes to deliver....

I don't think he made the deadline.

08-01-2015 | 05:48 AM

#6685

Al Czervik

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How to pronounce:

How to pronounce potable in British English

This is a better explanation:

http://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

08-01-2015 | 06:23 AM

#6686

Learflyer

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I'm guilty as charged on the "potable" thing. Also, over in the charter world, I've been calling "crudités" "crew-dites". Guess I'm a real man. To me it's veggie tray.

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08-01-2015 | 06:24 AM

#6687

FloridaLarry

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Jerrycans & potable water

The famous Jerrycan (alternative spellings OK) was actually a 1930s German design, part of their logistics run-up to WW II. Held 5.3 gallons, had handles for one or two-man carrying, and was reverse-engineered for the US Army, under MIL-C-1283.

Made of steel, now replaced by a plastic one.

I remember many of them mis-labelled as 'Portable.' Of course, they were that, also.

08-01-2015 | 06:55 AM

#6688

tomgoodman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Al Czervik

How to pronounce:

How to pronounce potable in British English

To pronounce any word in the British manner, simply raise your nose, wrinkle your upper lip, and imagine that you just smelled a skunk.

08-01-2015 | 07:14 AM

#6689

prex8390

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The Piedmont gate agent that wouldn't check us in at 10:55 for a 11:10 flight, that's 5 minutes to do a 20 second job, I know it was Close but cmonnn man

08-01-2015 | 12:23 PM

#6690

John Carr

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Quote:

Originally Posted by prex8390

The Piedmont gate agent that wouldn't check us in at 10:55 for a 11:10 flight, that's 5 minutes to do a 20 second job, I know it was Close but cmonnn man

ANY gate agent that WONT list you for the JS because the flight is "full" and there's 2-3-4-5 JS'er ahead of you.

Only to have no shows and misconnects. And all 2-3-4-5 pilots listed for the JS end up getting a seat in back.