On Thursday 23 February 2006 22:35, David Luff wrote: > > I wonder if there's any scope for giving it phonetic help/hints for stuff > it doesn't pronounce well, such as "ATIS". In fact, come to think of it, > I'm not sure I know how ATIS should be pronounced - I always assumed it was > "Ay-tis", but maybe "aah-tis" is correct? > > Cheers - Dave I pronounce it "Ay-tiss". Somewhere Ive got a CAP (CAP56?) that gives the non-std pronunciations for common aeronautical use in UK airspace. But we certainly say "Ay-tiss" at Prestwick. TBH we dont use the term that much , its usually just "information November" or whatever letter is current. Often "information" is missed entirely as in "Prestwick Tower, G-ATOM at Papa with November, request taxi"
If the ATIS changes the Tower may add " Information Mike is current" ie better re-tune and listen again cos November is history. But AFAIR they rarely say "ATIS" Willie ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
