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Old 9th Jun 2012, 23:16
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Agaricus bisporus
 
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There's something rather sad about people who snipe at correctness and try to uphold sloppiness, especially in this profession where you'd imagine accuracy would be something that is appreciated.

"Minimums" is just plain wrong, so why take a cheap shot at the French for being correct for once? Oh dear...If only Airbus did use correct English instead of the mangled, bastardised Frenglish gobbledegook their manuals are written in.

And while we're at it, "throttle" is, as A Squared accurately described, completely incorrect on a turbine and for exactly the reasons he described. Why that is worthy of derision is, frankly, beyond me. If a jet's power control is a throttle then it's FCU is a carburettor. Jesus! Pretty basic stuff, that...
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