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Ocelot II

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13. Never call that airport "Reagan National." It's DCA.

Reply to whopis01 (Reply #11)

Thu Jan 30, 2025, 07:59 AM

Jan 30

Reagan is the asshole who fired all the air traffic controllers in 1981 and it took years for the numbers to recover. ATC hates that name and it's still DCA or just "National" to them.

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