But on Fifi you get to fondle a stick every leg.

Pardon this retiring Mil guy's ignorance...but what aircraft is the "guppy"?

737. Fifi is an Airbus. enjoy

L-CAL guys no likey guppy term. They see it as an insult from L-UAL guys...use wisely

Got it! Thanks Gents. I now know all there is to know about airlines and aviation. That was my final required factoid.

Don't let their insecurities get to you. :D

No insecurities , we just generally avoid baby talk.

New to the class
 

Interview 13 Feb. They called today and said the class had been bumped up to 23, with only 737 EWR and 320 IAH slots available. Asked about 75/76 and was told not to expect any more this month.

Retired F-16
CFII
4200 hours total
Eclipsejet 500 type
56 years old

Baby talk? I suppose no pilot ever nicknamed an airplane. Ever heard of the Enola Gay, or Memphis Belle? What about the Hornet, Falcon, Buff, Corsair, or Hercules (aka the Herc). Ever heard of a Seminole or Twin Otter? I'm guessing those are nicknames too. I'll bet you've used that "baby talk" in the past.

Its aviation tradition and history to use nicknames. I've noticed I've never heard anybody complain that United painted "Dreamliner" on the side of the 787 and I've heard LCAL guys call it just that.

Aircraft Nicknames

Here are a few choices for the Boeing Seven Thirty Seven. You let us know which one you'd like to use?

Boeing 737: Tin mouse, Maggot, Pocket Rocket Socket, FLUF (Fat Little Ugly ********er), Light Twin, Baby Boeing, Fat Freddy, Guppy, Thunder Guppy (series 1/200), Yuppy Guppy, Super Guppy (series 3/4/500), Pig, Bobby (BOeing BaBY), Rudder Rotor, Fat Albert, Dung Beatle.

I'm betting anybody who ever would say that its "baby talk" to only refer to the actual letter and number designation only has also referred to airplanes by their nicknames in the past.

Its also part of United's history to refer to it as the Guppy.

Ah the hypocrisy.....

I'm a huge fan of all demeaning nick-names. On that list I like Dung Beatle.

How did that one come about?