[MilCom] airport codes

lrk milcom at ovillatx.sytes.net
Wed May 24 12:16:18 EDT 2006


On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 11:49:28AM -0400, Mac McCormick III wrote:
> 
>    A good writer will make his post easier for the reader to use, not
>    easy for him to write.  Most readers will recognize a facility name
>    a lot quicker than they will an ICAO code, therefore writing the
>    facility name in the post rather than the ICAO code is easier for
>    the reader.  This recent exchange has actually made me consider
>    how I write posts and I may make some changes in the future.
>    I think we could all do well to remember the reader rather than
>    ourselves when we compose our posts.

So maybe many will just not post rather than look it up.

I usually give the names I know which are not obvious.

Real milcomers know where KCHS is.


Posters should do whatever they think is right and readers should be happy
with what they get.


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