I was then compelled to ask him how he could explain away CYQX for Gander!
or CYYZ for Toronto, or CYUL for Montreal ( Dorval ) - or any of them !
Epsom and Watford NDB's used to have illogical codes as well - can't remember them now, tho' doubtless I'll be told shortly, whereas the Americans tried to make aviation easy - the KISS method, so that the morse identifiers of the approach aid bore some resemblance to the airfield, i.e. for Idlewild ( now Kennedy ) the field was KIDL, the ILS IDL, the outer marker ID and the inner marker DL ( or similar, don't pick me up on detail, 50 years is a long time ago - but the British seemed to have a culture of one having to be a member of The Club to understand what was going on ! When the Stuff hits the Fan simplicity is the way to go.