Landing a NEO in Berlin

Because it’s one word, and it’s unambiguous. It’s shorter than REDUCE POWER, and there’s less potential for confusion than a directive like PULL BACK (pull up?) or PULL THROTTLE (full throttle?).

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Wdwdash@reddit

It was also decided upon when the word “retard” wasn’t so much looked at as an insult. It is also being used as a verb, not a noun, where at its face value it means “slow down”

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QuantumGTxx@reddit (OP)

Thats a good point, but I would have preferred idle or so personally

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ThunderSundayer@reddit

Idle would have been perfect ngl. I think airbus engineers simply saw a chance and took it.

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Imtherealwaffle@reddit

planes have very long development cycles and this system was implemented before it was considered gauche to insult people like that.

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Competitive_Cup7648@reddit

I love attention from the internet so I’m gonna go ahead and break the law

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cat_prophecy@reddit

Even if this were in the US, what law is being broken?

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Apprehensive_Cost937@reddit

Not all countries are as prudish as USA.

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QuantumGTxx@reddit (OP)

What exactly isn’t legal here pal?

This isn’t the US

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Tony_Three_Pies@reddit

Sure it is! This is clearly Berlin, New Hampshire!

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Shocking that a section of the world thinks everything revolves around them to the point that stuff like this, getting to visit the cockpit if you're friends/family of well-known pilots, etc. are considered "breaking the law"

I'd imagine that it's not hard for one to assume that things are different in Europe/Asia.

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