pax

[Prof. R. Sussex]

Can anyone tell me if "pax" = passengers is known and used in the US?
How widely used and known? It's airline reservation-speak, but I am
intrigued at a report that it was common in WW2, and migrated to
civil aviation with the people who left the airforces after 1945.

It is also a verb among airline crew: to pax to New York is to travel
as a passenger, in order to pick up a flight that one is to pilot to
another destination.

Any references or advice much appreciated.

Roly Sussex


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Roly Sussex
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