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Joined: May 1999
Aviation Qualifications: ATP+Mil
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From: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
An American colleague was somewhat bemused when a Brit chum announced that he was "Off to smoke a fag".....
"You guys have pretty harsh ways with gays"
"You guys have pretty harsh ways with gays"
Joined: Mar 2010
Aviation Qualifications: ATCO
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From: Often in Jersey, but mainly in the past.
I have a flight with American Airlines on "09/17/2015 departing at 02:17p" 
Fortunately, Expedia knows it's on "Thursday 17 September at 14:17" so I'll stick with that unambiguous arrangement
Fortunately, Expedia knows it's on "Thursday 17 September at 14:17" so I'll stick with that unambiguous arrangement
Joined: Aug 2000
Aviation Qualifications: ATP+Mil
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From: SW England
Re Basil's story, ISTR that if ATC pass a pressure setting of less than 1000Mb/HPa, they have to add "hectopascals" to avoid precisely this kind of confusion. We are also expected to read it back just as they say it.
