absolutely...that too...from the orginal days of radio/coded communications. I recall seeing a comparison of the two way back when I took a radio class...like 20+ years ago, and tried to imagine me saying those that were different over the radio. Those are about the only two I remember readily when sitting here trying to recall them...Probably a few more if I think about it. Walter DCA ----- Original Message ----- From: "allan9" <exatc@neo.rr.com> To: "The Airline List" <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>; "W Wilson" <wlw-jr@att.net> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 18:55 Subject: Re: Re: United's flight number scheme (was Re: AC's 3xxx flight #s) Walter,. Once again Old Phonetic vs. New. Able Alpha Baker Bravo Al ----- Original Message ----- From: W Wilson To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 5:28 PM Subject: Re: United's flight number scheme (was Re: AC's 3xxx flight #s) Those particular expamples (huh...lol..:)-)would be made-up for "fun", and are taken from some of the law enforcement phonetics. Some of the 'old times' like to use "Sugar" for "S" instead of the correct "Sierra". Many of the old-bold G-1/II/ and a few other pilots used "Sugar" all the time if there was an "S" in the call sign. Keep in mind however...if there were to be an accident/incident because of undocumented or incorrect radio phrasology, you can bet all hell would break loose. About every few years or so, the FAA gets into a spaz of some sorts about using proper radio phrasology. I've used improper phonetics a time or two, but only cause I was familir with the controllers. Walter DCA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Greenwood" <mgreenwood@telus.net> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 17:02 Subject: Re: United's flight number scheme (was Re: AC's 3xxx flight #s) > I have experienced the same think, Americans use King instead of Kilo and > Queen instead of Quebec. > > Mark >