U2. IATA - that's something to do with package tours and ticketing isn't it? What the heck are people doing using that on a pilots forum? Trying to prove they're clever-clever admin anoraks or sumpn? What next, stock exchange or tax codes to identify airlines?
I don't think its anything to do with people trying to be clever, its just the abbreviation they are used to.
Would you shorten Ryanair to RA or would you use FR (IATA code) or RYR (ICAO code)? People tend to use the most familiar to them. U2 is slightly odd as it is not as familiar as the easyJet flight numbers use EZY as their designator.
I would have thought after over 1500 posts on this type of forum you would have had some sort of knowledge and not just put it down to people being anoraks particularly as this section is relating to airlines and routes . . .
