Mark Hansen writes:
On 03/21/07 09:32, Everett M. Greene wrote:
Ron Rosenfeld writes:
Although the even/odd number rules may be the usual case, in the NE (where
I've done most of my flying) and elsewhere, I've both been assigned by ATC;
and also requested and been granted, by ATC, WAFDOF clearances.

What's WAFDOF? Wide-area failure, do one's finest?

The very first hit on Google provides this:

http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/WAFDOF

I just love responses where the responder spends more time
suggesting hitting the 'net to get the answer than to just
provide the answer, not including the respondees time to
hit the 'net to get the answer. Not everyone in the world
is continuously connected to the net with a high-speed
connection nor are they fans of Google.