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masterspace ( @masterspace@lemmy.ca ) English22•9 months agoThe last article I read was an American high school football coach using the word Nazi as a play call against a school that’s 90% Jewish and the players using antisemitic slurs throughout the game.
That deserves an investigation and firing, this kind of Tom Foolery requires an eye roll and a change of call sign, if that.
Jesse ( @Jesse@lemmy.ca ) 21•9 months agoThis thorough, week long investigation has concluded that it was kind of humorous.
TotallyHuman ( @TotallyHuman@lemmy.ca ) 13•9 months agoOh no! The people we pay to train to kill others might use gasp mild swear words!
CanadaPlus ( @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ) 2•9 months agoThis is NA, we’d rather see people’s brains exposed than their nipple.
pbjamm ( @pbjamm@beehaw.org ) English12•9 months agoI saw a headline regarding this the other day, it called it something like “offensive call sign” and I immediately thought it would be something deeply awful and probably racist. Imagine my relief when I read on and learned it was instead something stupid and sophomoric.
The pilot deserves no more than a talking too for making a silly joke.
joelghill ( @joelghill@lemmy.ml ) 9•9 months agoNice
frostbiker ( @frostbiker@lemmy.ca ) 7•9 months agoIt’s my understanding that pilots don’t get to choose their callsigns. Instead, it’s their teammates who choose them, which is why they are often jokes at the expense of the pilot. E.g. the callsign of Ewan McGregor’s brother was OB-2.
Hype ( @Hype@lemm.ee ) 7•9 months agoCallsigns for pilots, yes. This article is conflating callsigns with the plane’s identification/flight number.
frostbiker ( @frostbiker@lemmy.ca ) 2•9 months agoOk, that makes a lot of sense. Thank you for clarifying. Do you know who chooses that?
wahming ( @wahming@monyet.cc ) English1•9 months agoI guess he ALWAYS had the high ground
bloopernova ( @bloopernova@programming.dev ) English6•9 months agoBubbles is in the air force now?
Rocket ( @Rocket@lemmy.ca ) 6•9 months agoAnd the investigation reveals that nobody cares.
AngryMulbear ( @AngryMulbear@lemmy.ca ) 5•9 months agoDelta India Charlie Kilo Six Niner
TubeTalkerX ( @TubeTalkerX@kbin.social ) 5•9 months agoBroken Lizard presents…Air Academy!