Here is the TRUE
meaning of aviation terms - In alphabetical
order.
AA : "Alcoholics Anonymous" (or "American Airlines" if you
prefer)
ASC : "Attractive and Sexy Captain" (Actually "Automatic Systems
Controller")
BOAC : "Bored Of Always Copiloting" (Actually "British Overseas
Airways Corporation")
BOEING : "Beware: One Engine Is No Good" (Actually the sound of
crashing)
Concorde : (French for "concord") What the British and the French
could not achieve
CSA : "Captain's Sleep Assistant" the other name for "co-pilot".
(Actually "Ceskoslovenské Státni Aerolinie" or Czekoslovak State
Airline)
DFP : "Drunken First-class Passengers" (Actually "Displayed Flight
Path")
ETOPS : "Engines Turning Or Passengers Swimming" (Actually
"Extended Twin OPerationS")
FA : "Female Attraction" (Actually "Flight Attendant")
FAA : Foolish And Abominable" (Actually "Federal Aviation
Administration")
FSC : "Friendly Sexy Captain" (Actually "Fuel System
Controller")
IFR : "I Follow Roads" (Actually "Instruments Flight Rating")
MALEV : "Most Attendants Left Early for Vacations" (Actually
"Magyar Légiközlekedési Vallalat", the Hungarian state
airline)
MCDU : "Most Captains Don't Understand" (Actually "Multifunction
Control Display Unit")
MIG : "Meals Insipid in the Galley" (Actually "MIkoyan Gourevitch"
a russian plane manufacturer)
PFD : "Passengers Feeling Dizzy" (Actually "Primary Flight
Display")
TWA : "Time Wasted at the Airport" (Actually "Trans World
Airline")
Virgin : A Flight Attendant ...BEFORE she becomes a Flight
Attendant