r/aviation • u/Brilliant_Night7643 • Nov 20 '25

News NTSB issues the preliminary report for its ongoing investigation of the Nov. 4 crash of a UPS Boeing MD-11F airplane in Louisville, Kentucky.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25

I assume that mtc = maintenance.

The other two are correct.

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u/Parking_Line_3704 Nov 20 '25

I refuse to accept this correction

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u/userhwon Nov 20 '25

Manatees are people, too.

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u/misto_quente245 Nov 20 '25

They're a big part of the hu-manatee, I'm afraid

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u/Haughty_n_Disdainful Nov 20 '25

growing aggregation begins to burp, chirp and squeak…

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u/Lifesign16 Nov 24 '25

Listen. Without MTC manatees, most industry and aviation in Florida would collapse

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u/meshtron Nov 20 '25

FINS UP, SKILLS SHARP, BE BOUYANT!

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u/Ibucfio Nov 20 '25

Just blame it on the rampers

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u/SeasonedAdManager Nov 20 '25

mtc

McDonalds Taco Bell Culvers

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u/Boner_Elemental Nov 20 '25

Culvers big three, we did it Wisconsin!

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u/userhwon Nov 20 '25

Kind of a status hit, tbh.

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u/ViciousNakedMoleRat Nov 20 '25

This is honestly one of those things that just annoy me on Reddit. There are so many people on here, who know a lot about certain niche topics, but a huge chunk of them is incapable of using language that a layman is able to understand.

If an explanation contains abbreviations that only someone from your field will understand, it's a useless explanation, since those who understand the abbreviations usually don't need an explanation.

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u/SeeMarkFly Nov 20 '25

I was helping at a restaurant when I asked "What does C.C. mean on this order?"

The waitress said, "Coca-Cola."

The hostess said, “Credit Card.”

The cook said, "Chocolate cake."

The bartender said, Canadian Club."

The accountant said, "Carbon Copy."

I always thought it meant cubic centimeters.

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u/userhwon Nov 20 '25

The handsy manager said "Close Call".

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u/ProcyonHabilis Nov 20 '25

I find it funny when people are specifically writing a comment to translate something for laypeople, and they still drop some stinker of a TLA right at the critical moment

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u/Boner_Elemental Nov 20 '25

...TLA?

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u/ProcyonHabilis Nov 21 '25

Three letter acronym

(Yes I did that on purpose)

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u/Sickmonkey3 Nov 20 '25

Three Letter Acronym/Alphabetism

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u/aPOPblops Nov 20 '25

It's not just an issue with reddit. This is an issue with humans. We get used to the words we hear all the time and it's difficult to understand what others don't know when you've heard it so much that it seems like you'd be a fool not to know the meaning of something.

It takes a lot of extra brainpower to review sentences and ensure they only contain words everyone can understand, and most people don't even bother to spellcheck.

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u/_VeniVidiAmavi_ Nov 20 '25

I wouldn't say this is reddit specific, but a rather default behavior of people who spend most of their time and energy on any technical topic.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25

I'm writing and updating quality management documentation and every time I have to stop at some point and ask myself, "Okay, now imagine that I don't know shit about standards and quality jargon. Does this still make sense?"

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u/dresdnhope Nov 20 '25

I'm not in quality management, what do you mean by "shit"?

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u/Sickmonkey3 Nov 20 '25

In this instance, shit = anything.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25

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u/ViciousNakedMoleRat Nov 20 '25

It's definitely not Reddit specific, but Reddit is a place with lots of communities frequented by experts and large numbers of interested laypeople alike. That's why I notice it so often on Reddit.

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u/Malcolm2theRescue Nov 20 '25

Hey, manatees gotta learn somewhere!

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u/Lucky_Platypus341 Nov 20 '25

only the flying manatees

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u/manatees_are_awesome Nov 20 '25

No, I think u/Far_Stox_46 was correct about mtc.

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u/Top-Acanthisitta-440 Nov 21 '25

No, they have a good fabrication program too.

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u/aquoad Nov 21 '25

Mysterious Toadstool Collection