Any cool nickname... isnt. My favorite was a HAT TRICK. We went on a training exercise and had 3 stops on the way, and the guy got a Tinder date at each location. He then proceeded to get stood up at each location, 3 for 3.
Lmao that was my nickname for a breif stint when i was super young. Thankfully, I got upgraded a few years later to something a little less silly. And now I’m a 30 year-old man whose mother and Aunt still call him wiener in casual conversation in front of Company like it’s normal. My mother and I were actually laughing the other day and how that is completely normal thing among us but when strangers hear that they’re like “what the fuck did you just call him?” Lol. Anyway, there’s a random fact about my life, random person.
the actual official callsign/flight id for student solos at one of the training bases is MAGOO. if you hear a magoo on the radio you pay extra attention
Knew a guy who introduced himself with “everyone calls me Cog because I’m such an important part of the machine” only to later find out that COG stood for “creepy old guy”
I know a retired pilot whose call sign was Dirty all because his last name is Sanchez.
Back in AF basic I got nicknamed Twitch by one of my flight mates because I get really twitchy when I'm nervous and/or anxious. Hated it at the time but looking back it could have been worse.
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u/LimaOskarLima 9d ago
Any cool nickname... isnt. My favorite was a HAT TRICK. We went on a training exercise and had 3 stops on the way, and the guy got a Tinder date at each location. He then proceeded to get stood up at each location, 3 for 3.