Mallet liffey tipper

jkforde

Just wondering what the terms 'mallet' 'liffey' 'tipper' mean when ATC is talking with NA transit pilots

Brennus335

jkforde wrote: »

Just wondering what the terms 'mallet' 'liffey' 'tipper' mean when ATC is talking with NA transit pilots

Navigational waypoints. LIFFY is on the border of Shannon and London FIR's, just east if Dublin.
MALOT is an Oceanic Entry Point between the Shannon and Shanwick FIR's, west of Ireland.

https://skyvector.com

Select World Hi, and zoom in to see all the waypoints.

faoiarvok

There’s a few others named after rivers around the boundary with London too:

BOYNE off Louth, VATRY off Arklow/Wexford near the mouth of the Vartry, SLANY to the Southeast

Also a point in Irish airspace that was introduced to allow airlines to file a slight detour around the corner of the more expensive Scottish airspace over Ulster, saving them money. They called it REVNU

Brennus335

Along the Melbourne / Brisbane boundary there's a line of waypoints..

PUDYA
SWEET
LIPPS
ALIDL
CLOSA
TOUDA
PHONE

And the Rnav transition into Brisbane goes.. LEAKY BOATS SINNK

jkforde

thanks a lot, who would've thought they'd be humour in ATC!

tricky D

At SFO, the airport uses terms like “TRUCKN2” and “GRTFL,” “DEDHD,” “TYDYE,” “HYPEE” and “COSMC” which refer to The Grateful Dead.

tricky D

jkforde wrote: »

thanks a lot, who would've thought they'd be humour in ATC!

Check ATC funnies or JFK atc steve on Youtube for a happily wasted afternoon.

jkforde

tricky D wrote: »

Check ATC funnies or JFK atc steve on Youtube for a happily wasted afternoon.

oh man, funny stuff .. and what a job.. how do they think and talk so clearly flight after flight?! they must have to have short shifts, ye know what kind of rota these folks work?

marketty

There's some funny Disney related ones around Orlando too

_dof_

The excellent "No Such Thing As A Fish" podcast from the elves (researchers) on the QI television show did a bit about funny waypoint names. It's in Episode 268, recorded live in Vicar Street as it happens.