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Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by medion on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @06:27PM (#24347857)
I was surprised by the use left/right for comms and not port/starboard - is that normal in the aircraft space? I guess it must be.
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Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by lawrenceduk on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @06:38PM (#24347939)
Port and starboard isn’t used on the radio at all. ATC will say things like “traffic 2 o’clock, left to right”.

The words left and right are fairly unmistakable and everyone understands them. Doesn’t have to be complicated!

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Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by t0mas88 on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @02:13AM (#24350490)
2 o'clock right to left ;-)
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Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by mirkules on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @04:32AM (#24351189)
Wait, is that AM or PM?
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