EGYM
Why not write Marham? Is it laziness or is it pretentiousness?
Spotters and frequent travellers talk like that. (See SLF forum) They never talk about taking a 747 to Changi, it's always a 744 to SIN. Never quite figured it myself either. Some guys write down airfields they've flown into as ICAO codes in their logbook. They then spend ten minutes shouting 'Anyone know the code for Fenland?'
Er, why not just write Fenland?
Edit: I was party to a conversation last weekend which included A Quite Senior Officer about a subject I thought I knew a little about. Barely understood a bloody word but did my nodding dog/looking sage face. Really seriously felt like saying 'Don't understand your banter old man'...
