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that VIP TFRs and air traffic restrictions compromise safety?

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Confusion after Vice President Biden landed in Chicago on Monday almost resulted in a collision between two passenger planes just above the tarmac at O’Hare International Airport , according to federal officials and air traffic recordings.
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The solution would be to have the P and VP and the FL and the SL travel by train rather than [expletive] everything up in busy airspace. Really? O'Hare? They should have landed at Midway or Mie- oh wait.
 
wsuffa said:
Probably not. Tarmac is a trademarked term,, and IIRC was at one time a patented method.
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Why do people get bent out of shape when others use the word, though? Isn't that like trying to correct people when they ask for a Kleenex or use a Xerox?
 
Everskyward said:
Why do people get bent out of shape when others use the word, though? Isn't that like trying to correct people when they ask for a Kleenex or use a Xerox?
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Because under intellectual property law, if you don't defend/protect a trademark and it moves into generic usage you can lose trademark status. Defend or lose.
 
wsuffa said:
Because under intellectual property law, if you don't defend/protect a trademark and it moves into generic usage you can lose trademark status. Defend or lose.
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But that would only apply to the company which makes Tarmac. No one else has a dog in the fight.
 
wsuffa said:
that VIP TFRs and air traffic restrictions compromise safety?

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always.. :yes:

Traffic is backed up waiting for the VP to land and get off the airport.. so in a rush to get aircraft moving again and take care of the back log.. the Air Traffic Controller screwed up... trying to move aircraft too quickly.. :mad2:

It's not just pilots that get burned by TFRs..
 
wsuffa said:
Because under intellectual property law, if you don't defend/protect a trademark and it moves into generic usage you can lose trademark status. Defend or lose.
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And that has happened with tarmac.
 
roncachamp said:
One of the definitions of "tarmac" in the World English Dictionary is "a runway at an airport".
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Probably because of the continued misuse of the term by the idiots in the news media trying to sound like they know what they're talking about. Which they typically do not.

wsuffa said:
Probably not. Tarmac is a trademarked term,, and IIRC was at one time a patented method.
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In the olden days. :D

Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe said:
Because it's stupid.
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We're talking about the media types. You are being redundant. :D :D
 
Ghery said:
Probably because of the continued misuse of the term by the idiots in the news media trying to sound like they know what they're talking about. Which they typically do not.
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If using the word "tarmac" is their worst sin then they are doing pretty well.

Speaking of the media, what does everyone think of this?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/19/us-sullenberger-idUSTRE74I83G20110519

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the pilot behind the 2009 emergency landing in New York's Hudson River, is joining CBS News as aviation and safety expert.
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