A question for our CAL brothers
07-29-2014 | 11:26 AM
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I don't get why any of this troubles anyone. The terms are nicknames, calling a corvette a vette or a thunderbird a T bird. American also calls the training center the school house. I was told that TK stood for technical knowledge. Who gives a crap? As long as the checks don't bounce I don't care if you call a 737 a 737, a 37, a 73 a guppy or anything else.
That should blow some minds in today's PC world.
07-30-2014 | 01:04 PM
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It may not make sense but it is sure easier to say TK than "schoolhouse" without laughing.
Don't know where TK came from originally but it's short for DENTK. Maybe one of the United historians will come up with it's logic or if it makes you feel better, you can make up your own.
Don't know where TK came from originally but it's short for DENTK. Maybe one of the United historians will come up with it's logic or if it makes you feel better, you can make up your own.
DENTK came about because United has a nemonic address system
and DENTKs' SITA address is TK "DENTKUA" (though we rarely use Sita internally anymore.. WAY Back when? before E-Mail became popular Sita was how airlines got messages from place to place. kinda like Western Union. So? San Francisco's Maint Center is "SFOOVUA" (OV for overhaul) FT was used for Freight rather than Flight training) Everything was based on a SITA address..
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07-30-2014 | 04:47 PM
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DENTK came about because United has a nemonic address system
and DENTKs' SITA address is TK "DENTKUA" (though we rarely use Sita internally anymore.. WAY Back when? before E-Mail became popular Sita was how airlines got messages from place to place. kinda like Western Union. So? San Francisco's Maint Center is "SFOOVUA" (OV for overhaul) FT was used for Freight rather than Flight training) Everything was based on a SITA address..
FYI
DENTK came about because United has a nemonic address system
and DENTKs' SITA address is TK "DENTKUA" (though we rarely use Sita internally anymore.. WAY Back when? before E-Mail became popular Sita was how airlines got messages from place to place. kinda like Western Union. So? San Francisco's Maint Center is "SFOOVUA" (OV for overhaul) FT was used for Freight rather than Flight training) Everything was based on a SITA address..
FYI
And TK meant TicKeting. Wasn't the building an old ticketing center? That's how it was explained to be by a long time UAL pilot.
07-31-2014 | 08:00 AM
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DENTK came about because United has a nemonic address system
and DENTKs' SITA address is TK "DENTKUA" (though we rarely use Sita internally anymore.. WAY Back when? before E-Mail became popular Sita was how airlines got messages from place to place. kinda like Western Union. So? San Francisco's Maint Center is "SFOOVUA" (OV for overhaul) FT was used for Freight rather than Flight training) Everything was based on a SITA address..
FYI
DENTK came about because United has a nemonic address system
and DENTKs' SITA address is TK "DENTKUA" (though we rarely use Sita internally anymore.. WAY Back when? before E-Mail became popular Sita was how airlines got messages from place to place. kinda like Western Union. So? San Francisco's Maint Center is "SFOOVUA" (OV for overhaul) FT was used for Freight rather than Flight training) Everything was based on a SITA address..
FYI
07-31-2014 | 02:24 PM
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