In uk.rec.aviation beaudoin wrote:
: Its amazing in this day and age that telegraphic CW abbreviations (QNH &
: QFE) are still being used instead of normal words. I guess it must just be
: RT double talk.

"QNH" uses a bit less air time than "mean sea level pressure". I guess
one could argue that the use of "altimeter" across the other side of
the pond is a good use of "normal words", but as we use QFE and a
number of regional pressure settings as well, having short phrases to
differentiate between subscale settings is useful. Sure, we could come
up with words to replace the CW abbreviations but it would surely only
be change for the sake of change.

At least we don't have to phonetically spell out the
abbreviations. What is the queenie nan how today anway? :-)