Originally Posted by
superliner
On a side note what does ACARS actually stand for, is it Aircraft Communication Addressing..... or ARINC Communication Addressing. My book Eismin says its the latter whereas sources on the internet (read wikipedia and the like) say it is is "Aircraft". Don't mean to hijack the thread....
Well, according to my Airbus FANS-A course notes, in the list of acronyms ACARS stands for Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System