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[-] masterspace@lemmy.ca 31 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The 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.

[-] Chais@sh.itjust.works 28 points 11 months ago

What? His name's Richard and he was born 1969.

[-] Rocket@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You'd think it is still 1969 with the claims of this being unprofessional. The world has moved on, CAF.

[-] Jesse@lemmy.ca 27 points 11 months ago

This thorough, week long investigation has concluded that it was kind of humorous.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I, for one, welcome the inescapable conclusions derived from bureaucratically-compelled inquests into inherently humorous and light-hearted happenings.

[-] TotallyHuman@lemmy.ca 20 points 11 months ago

Oh no! The people we pay to train to kill others might use gasp mild swear words!

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This is NA, we'd rather see people's brains exposed than their nipple.

[-] frostbiker@lemmy.ca 14 points 11 months ago

It'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@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago

Callsigns for pilots, yes. This article is conflating callsigns with the plane's identification/flight number.

[-] frostbiker@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Ok, that makes a lot of sense. Thank you for clarifying. Do you know who chooses that?

[-] wahming@monyet.cc 1 points 11 months ago

I guess he ALWAYS had the high ground

[-] joelghill@lemmy.ml 11 points 11 months ago
[-] pbjamm@beehaw.org 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I 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.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Give this man a medal

[-] Rocket@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

And the investigation reveals that nobody cares.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago
[-] bloopernova@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

Bubbles is in the air force now?

[-] TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Broken Lizard presents......Air Academy!

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