Haven't the MAA regs referred to Air Systems for the last 5 years or so?
Yes, and it was BS then too! How many have replied to “what do you do?” with “I fly air systems”! Or, “how many air systems on the program Chief?”, “around 6 if you’ll take the air system with limits, Sir”, “ok Chief, we’ll be stepping for our air systems in about an hour”. It just doesn’t happen and it kind of shows how out of touch the MAA are at times…
The next one from the RAF I hear is that “Airman” is to become “Aviator” due to some fool thinking that “Airman” is male - when it isn’t, like the noun “human”, which is neuter and also the word “man” in Old English meaning ‘person’. So now if we do adopt “Aviator” we will knowingly adopt a male noun, as the female version is “Aviatrix”. Then of course the definition of an “Aviator/Aviatrix” in the dictionary is ‘someone who flies or operates an aircraft’ so 90% of the RAF’s so-called potential “Aviators” don’t fit that either. You couldn’t make some of this up!
