It bugs me, too. Most ramps are concrete, not tar-macadam, but the newsies
think that saying tarmac makes them sound knowledgeable.

Bob Gardner

"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
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"CASK829" wrote in message
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Why is it that idiot reporters use the term "TARMAC"? Nobody in the
aviation
world uses that term do they?

Dunno, but it's a perfectly good English word (in lower case--it's not an
acronym), so why shouldn't reporters use it?

--Gary