If you’re a frequent flyer, an adventurer at heart, or someone who simply loves the airport buzz, there’s one little trick ...

A male is a ‘mike’. We use letters selected from a standard phonetic, or spelling, alphabet so nobody fumbles for words. Spelling alphabets came about because early users of radios ...

The ICAO phonetic alphabet has certainly become an "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" system, and it has proven itself to be not broken. Importantly, this is not just a phonetic alphabet used by ...

Memorise and practise using the useful alfa bravo charlie-style phonetic alphabet, used worldwide to make it easier to spell words over the radio. That might clear up one confusion, but the best way ...