the word "flight deck" vs. "cockpit"

[Monty Cristo]

FLIGHT DECK?

"Flight Deck" introduced with the B747? Hardly. I first heard the term in use in 1960 on a British registered DC6.

[ferrydude]

Who said Boeing introduced the term Monty? Boeing standardized use of the term with the introduction of the 74 and has used that term exclusively since then.

[Airbus Girl]

I call it my office.

[beamer]

I do get tired of being referred to as 'flightdeck' rather than pilots by all and sundry these days - I guess I better go back to calling all female cabin crew 'popsies' or 'crumpet' - as for their male colleagues, I'll give that one some further thought............

As Colonel Melchett would say - baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah !

[FLCH]

Would the good Colonel be Scottish by chance ?? Always given the PA using the word cockpit... actually was praised by an FA for being politically non PC ( or should I say stewardess)

[eagle 86]

Flight deck/cockpit of Sunderland flying boats was called the "bridge"
GAGS
E86

[incubus]

Given the level of automation in commercial operations, how about "the observation lounge"?

<ducks>

[G-ANDY]

The Pointy End!! The only problem is the back of my aeroplane is more pointy than the front

[Old Smokey]

Maybe we've been pronouncing cockpit incorrectly all along.

An absolutely true story from Australia, may I be struck down if I lie!

F/O Cockburn (pronounced Cohburn of course) entered the cockpit to find an engineer on all fours and an aerosol can in hand.

Engineer : "Good morning Mr. Cockburn" (pronouncing it phonetically)

Pilot : "My name is pronounced Cohburn, not Cockburn. And what the hell are you doing?"

Engineer : "I'm killing all of the Cohroaches in the Cohpit Mr. Cohburn, there, I'm finished now".

Regards

Old Smokey