In reading the forum, I have noticed tons and tons of specific acronyms for the airline industry. Most of these are aviation standard, but a lot are not.

I was thinking we could start a list. It might be useful to someone...

CHQ = Chautauqua
FO = First Officer

I.B.T.L = In Before The Lock (referencing any thread referring to G7)

G7 - Go Jets (also seen with "zzzz")
XJT - Express Jet
XJ - Mesaba
9E - Pinnacle
9L - Colgan
ZW - Air Wisconsin
OO - Skywest

Someone else will chime in with the others.

OP is a... n00b.

Search function FTW - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_codes-All



OP = Original Poster
FTW = For the win

bohica and fubar are synonomous with any regional

cat rancher = crusty old FA
slam clicker = what i do when i'm working with a cat rancher

ymmv

Here's one: LMLABAGUOTB

Also, some common household names and codes (circa 2008):

HTTR=Hail To The Redskins

Oh wait, aviation acronyms?

_CU - _____ Control Unit (eg. Fuel Control Unit, Electrical Control Unit, etc.): A device that does something that a flight engineer once did. "Modern" pilots only need to know it is PFM (Pure F-ng Magic). Sometimes excessively referenced by anal retentive check airmen to prove their "unit" is larger than yours.

Any questions, hit me up via PM or email.

Mod Note:

You boys make me want to (need to) jump back into the hot springs here in Thermopolis. It's certainly more relaxing and fun than rooting out more **** posts.