hi all
Some old ex-colleagues referred to their helicopters as "Machines" and anyone calling them "choppers" was regarded as beyond naff.Similarly, the busdrivers in Dublin insist on referring to their vehicles as "cars" and woe betide anyone who calls them buses.Go figure....I have heard, quite a few times, airline pilots of my acquaintance, do anything but refer to their Boeing or Airbus by it's actual name.Some of them refer to the 320 as the Minibus and the 330 as the Big Bus.Maybe pilots are frustrated bus drivers and bus drivers are frustrated 'Bus drivers.....
regards
TDD