Thanks, Chris, I can sleep easy now!
Piers
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Subject: Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 12/7/2019: two Dublin leftovers
It’s an acronym, Piers, of course: it makes a recognisable word :-)
Chris
C M I Barker | Gamlingay
> On 20 Jul 2019, at 17:41, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Why thank you, Michael, I won't even ask why and how you know.
>
> Can we now discuss the further question raised - initialism or acronym?
>
> Piers
>
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> From: olympus <olympus-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
> Behalf Of Michael R. Collins
> Sent: 18 July 2019 03:27
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> Subject: Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 12/7/2019: two Dublin leftovers
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> All good guesses, but... PIGS is the acronym for ‘Passenger Inward
> Guidance Systems’, the moveable temporary barriers to guide passengers
> safely to/from the aircraft on the ramp.
>
> Michael
>
>> On 2019-07-17 6:13 a.m., Chris Barker wrote:
>> I agree with you both. “Pigtail” is a term I remember being used to refer
>> to the end ofelectrical connections – ground power supply cables, helmet
>> leads, intercom leads etc . . . , probably for the reason you describe,
>> Moose.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>> On 17 Jul 2019, at 06:30, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 7/16/2019 2:09 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
>>>> I have a feeling, Mike, that a "pig" is a short electrical connection
>>>> lead, to connect, say, an amplifier to the power supply from a mobile
>>>> generator on site. I don’t know how I know that, since I do not recall
>>>> ever working as a roadie at Glastonbury (other venues are available) - but
>>>> it might be consistent with an aircraft shore supply/intercom to the
>>>> flight deck.
>>>>
>>>> I suspect the term comes from 'pigtail', which comes from pigtails in
>>>> hair, many strands braided together, then spreading separately at the end.
>>>> More generally, it seems to have been used for all sorts of short
>>>> electrical/electronic connectors that break out the individual strands.
>>>>
>>>> From there it's easy to see it being applied to various short, multi
>>>> strand connectors. I see it is specifically used now for fiber optic cable
>>>> breakouts, at least according to Wikipedia.
>>>>
>>>> Also, short, braided connectors in electric motors and generators.
>>>>
>>>> So, I'm guessing you are right, and it's a shore to aircraft connector.
>>>>
>>>> Sleuth Moose
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