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Old 30th Sep 2013, 14:22
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Chris Scott
 
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Saintsman,

Forgive me if you've done more than my 2000 hrs in it, but "Flight Deck" always sounded a bit pretentious, and perhaps disrespectful to naval aviation. The only difficulty I had with calling the VC10's salon a "cockpit" was what term to use when the a/c were all sold and I converted to the B707. Like moving from a Bentley to an Austin Seven. One of our disgruntled captains coined the term "broom cupboard", but that wasn't guaranteed to assist with getting the trainers to sign the necessary paperwork...

After the 'Ten, the B707 pilot and F/E's panels were an ergonomic nightmare. And then there were the systems...
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