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Old 11th Jun 2010, 18:51
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Some useful aviation acronyms and an explanation...

SNAFU - Situation Normal, All F'ked Up (Usually referencing mainly to EASA matters)

TAUFU - Totally And Utterly F'ked Up (As above)

FUBAR - F'ked Up Beyond Any Recognition (Referencing the subject of an in-depth AAIB report, or perhaps the aftermath of a person/animal's rather messy encounter with a moving propeller , etc.)

BOHICA - Bend Over, Here It Comes Again (Metaphorically speaking, what happens to pilots if something bad happens on a regular occurrence, e.g retribution from the CAA for busting CAS, EASA making more silly rules, landing fees/AVGAS increasing in price again, receiving a bollocking from the CFI after a bad incident, a bollocking from the girlfriend/wife for spending more time/money on flying than with her , etc.)

SUSFU - Situation Unchanged, Still F'ked Up (Again, usually applies to EASA matters)

TARFUN - Things Are Really F'ked Up Now (Description of a major error or calamity, e.g. new EASA rules, a major navigational error, CAS bust, multiple engine failure etc.)

AFI - Another F'ing Inconvenience (Useful catch-all term expressing generic frustration, e.g. Bad weather, ATC delays, EASA, Volcanic Ash, Enviromental protestors turning up at the airport to chain themselves to the gates etc.)

FUMTU - F'ked Up More Than Usual (Usually the result of Volcanic Ash, new EASA directives etc.)

FUBB - F'ked Up Beyond Belief (Usually with reference to EASA, or the routine result of a license application to the CAA)

FIFI - F'ck it, Fly It (Stupidly heading off into the sky in the face of a number of negative factors whilst SUSFU, e.g. aircraft unserviceability, bad weather, lack of funds etc. - usually leads to a TARFUN or a FUBAR)

GTFO - Get The F'ck Out (A speedy retreat requiring rather quick ambulation in the opposite direction of hostility, e.g. the aftermath of a CAS bust, the aircraft catching fire on the ramp, a fall-out with the CFI, etc.)

CATFU - Completely And Totally F'ked Up (Similar as most of the above)

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