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Yeah, definitely appropriate abbreviation for the airplane nuts at Hacker News. It's an interesting TIL, but for future reference, @WildUtah, I'd wager less tha
by dclowd9901 13y ago
Yeah, definitely appropriate abbreviation for the airplane nuts at Hacker News. It's an interesting TIL, but for future reference, @WildUtah, I'd wager less than 1% of the population knows anything about airline designations.
- goatforce5 13y agoThey're on every boarding pass anyone has ever handled, and there are screens full of them on the Departure/Arrival boards at every airport. Airline codes aren't that obscure...
- thoughtpalette 13y agoI wouldn't say they're common knowledge either. Sure, when ones traveling they may notice their abbreviation, but beyond a glance, it's not of much import to most.
- coin 13y agoMaybe overseas, but I've never seen IATA airlines codes used on an arrival/departure board in the US. Is the US we just spell out the airline, there are plenty of pixels.