Pushback and startup northside at Heathrow.

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Originally Posted by HEATHROW DIRECTOR

Never heard of it. Phraseology used to be "face north" or "face south".

Still was at LHR the weekend

...but of course elsewhere in the world they use "tail north" or "tail south", which adds scope for confusion when you chuck in the odd senior moment and/or a touch of fatigue..

(oh, but on the subject of language, phraseology and LHR it's still Bovingdon, despite what some people think... )