Naming Fixes

[rps]

Who says the FAA doesn't have a sense of humor? Today's Wall Street
Journal has an article (beginning on page 1, no less) relating to the
FAA's humor in naming fixes.

[Sam Spade]

rps wrote:
> Who says the FAA doesn't have a sense of humor? Today's Wall Street
> Journal has an article (beginning on page 1, no less) relating to the
> FAA's humor in naming fixes.
>
Most of the FAA does not have a sense of humor. Brad Rush is an exception.

[Henry]

> Who says the FAA doesn't have a sense of humor? Today's Wall Street
> Journal has an article (beginning on page 1, no less) relating to the
> FAA's humor in naming fixes.
>

Don't be fooled, always remember the FAA's mission statement: We're not
happy until you're not happy.

[Cub Driver]

On 21 Mar 2006 10:47:40 -0800, "rps" > wrote:

>Who says the FAA doesn't have a sense of humor? Today's Wall Street
>Journal has an article (beginning on page 1, no less) relating to the
>FAA's humor in naming fixes.

I was especially pleased to see PSM across the bay featured several
times with its ITAWT ITAWA PUDYE TTATT IDEED (I thought I saw a
puddy-cat--I did!).


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[Darkwing]

"rps" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> Who says the FAA doesn't have a sense of humor? Today's Wall Street
> Journal has an article (beginning on page 1, no less) relating to the
> FAA's humor in naming fixes.
>

It's a dry humor, like the English.

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DW

[Chris]

"Darkwing" <theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "rps" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
>> Who says the FAA doesn't have a sense of humor? Today's Wall Street
>> Journal has an article (beginning on page 1, no less) relating to the
>> FAA's humor in naming fixes.
>>
>
> It's a dry humor, like the English.

AND what's wrong with that. Our humour is not so much dry as subtle.

[KP]

Where can I get the list. I do not have the WSJ!

[Cub Driver]

On 22 Mar 2006 16:32:23 -0800, "KP" > wrote:

>Where can I get the list. I do not have the WSJ!

Well, it's not a list but an "A-hed" feature, so it's written for
laughs (mild laughs) rather than information.

The A-hed used to run each day in the fourth column of six gray
columns on the front page of the journal (counting left to right). The
design has been loosened up a lot in recent years, but the the story
still has the tradition "A" heading (an upside-down U framing the
headline, suggesting an A) and still begins in column four and is
still amusing. But it no longer runs every day.

WSJ writers compete for the privilege of writing the A-hed. Naturally
there are pilots among them, so once in a while it's aviation-related.

Perhaps that was more than you wanted to know about A-hed?



-- all the best, Dan Ford

email: usenet AT danford DOT net

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[Darkwing]

"Chris" > wrote in message
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>
> "Darkwing" <theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com> wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "rps" > wrote in message
>> ups.com...
>>> Who says the FAA doesn't have a sense of humor? Today's Wall Street
>>> Journal has an article (beginning on page 1, no less) relating to the
>>> FAA's humor in naming fixes.
>>>
>>
>> It's a dry humor, like the English.
>
> AND what's wrong with that. Our humour is not so much dry as subtle.
>

Are you trying to be funny? It's so subtle that I can't pick it up. :grin:

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DW