An exchange overheard between departure control at a Canadian airport and a B727 pilot.
Pilot: Where’s Annule?
Dep. Control: What is it … an intersection or something?
Pilot: I don’t know.
Dep. Control: Where did you see it?
Pilot: On the screens in the terminal. Lots of airlines go there but the flight’s always cancelled.
Dep. Control: (laughter) Welcome to Canada, Monsieur. “Annule” is French for “cancelled.”
Pilot: Ah. Oui, oui.
Short Final…
Key Takeaways:
- A B727 pilot at a Canadian airport mistakenly believed "Annule" was a destination, frequently seeing flights listed with this term on terminal screens.
- Departure control clarified that "Annule" is the French word for "cancelled," highlighting a humorous linguistic misunderstanding experienced by the pilot new to Canada.
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