Google tells me that it's Passenger Integrated Guidance Systems
<https://www.lwcbarriersystems.co.uk/products/passenger-integrated-guidance-systems>
(so
inward and outward!)
Jez
On Sat, 20 Jul 2019 at 17:41, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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> Subject: Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 12/7/2019: two Dublin leftovers
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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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