Sparky Demo Flight
07-18-2014 | 05:21 PM
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07-18-2014 | 05:29 PM
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The difference is UAL uses names not heard outside UAL. Trying too hard to be cool isn't cool (Bigfoot... really?). Of all people, the Godfather should know that. Oh yeah, I forgot... at CAL the WB crews often referred to 737s as "Speed Bumps" because of the .74ish cruise speed of the "Classics."
07-18-2014 | 07:32 PM
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It has nothing to do with trying to "sound cool". Naming aircraft is part of the tradition of aviation.
07-18-2014 | 08:11 PM
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It part of the culture and tradition which there is a concerted effort to remove that culture and replace it with a different one. Forcing L-CAL naming conventions (Like calling Flight Operations the "Chief Pilots Office" etc) is just one way to force a culture change. In the Navy in the 80s the CNO tried to change the name of the BOQ to the UOPH (Unaccompanied Officer Personnel Housing) because of the larger number of women officers but it failed because everyone refuse to call it UOPH and they still called it the BOQ. The next CNO reversed the name change.
It has nothing to do with trying to "sound cool". Naming aircraft is part of the tradition of aviation.
It has nothing to do with trying to "sound cool". Naming aircraft is part of the tradition of aviation.
07-18-2014 | 08:42 PM
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Lol, did ya notice how on the other board u were taken to the woodshed for your moaning about the 'Chief Pilots Office' conspiracy? Nobody is forcing anything on you. But in your world were all out to get you. Call it whatever the heck you want, I just wanna fly my trip and go home.
Who cares. I call a 737 a "737" and a 747 a "747". Yes I know, crazy right? If you want to play your reindeer games of Fifi and Guppy and Sparky that's fine...I'll roll my eyes, smile, and tell ya I'll meet you at the jet. I really just want to have an enjoyable trip and get the F home. This is a job, nothing more, nothing less. I enjoy the job but it's a job - and certainly doesn't define me or my character.
07-20-2014 | 04:39 AM
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07-20-2014 | 07:29 AM
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I remember hearing the names Whale and Guppy when I was a kid in the 80s and early 90s. Now it seems like it's mostly UAL guys that use these terms. Was it an old school united thing to name planes after fish? Just curious.
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