Why thank you, Michael, I won't even ask why and how you know.
Can we now discuss the further question raised - initialism or acronym?
Piers
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All good guesses, but... PIGS is the acronym for ‘Passenger Inward
Guidance Systems’, the moveable temporary barriers to guide passengers
safely to/from the aircraft on the ramp.
Michael
On 2019-07-17 6:13 a.m., Chris Barker wrote:
> I agree with you both. “Pigtail” is a term I remember being used to refer to
> the end ofelectrical connections – ground power supply cables, helmet leads,
> intercom leads etc . . . , probably for the reason you describe, Moose.
>
> Chris
>
>> On 17 Jul 2019, at 06:30, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 7/16/2019 2:09 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
>>> I have a feeling, Mike, that a "pig" is a short electrical connection lead,
>>> to connect, say, an amplifier to the power supply from a mobile generator
>>> on site. I don’t know how I know that, since I do not recall ever working
>>> as a roadie at Glastonbury (other venues are available) - but it might be
>>> consistent with an aircraft shore supply/intercom to the flight deck.
>>>
>>> I suspect the term comes from 'pigtail', which comes from pigtails in hair,
>>> many strands braided together, then spreading separately at the end. More
>>> generally, it seems to have been used for all sorts of short
>>> electrical/electronic connectors that break out the individual strands.
>>>
>>> From there it's easy to see it being applied to various short, multi
>>> strand connectors. I see it is specifically used now for fiber optic cable
>>> breakouts, at least according to Wikipedia.
>>>
>>> Also, short, braided connectors in electric motors and generators.
>>>
>>> So, I'm guessing you are right, and it's a shore to aircraft connector.
>>>
>>> Sleuth Moose
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