NO ONE in our newsroom knew what a reverse thruster is.

So to compensate when the term was used in an EXACT QUOTE I said the president of Air France says... blah blah -- reverse thruster.

Since I thought it was an engine component I would see "an engine component known as a reverse thruster."

A few more words but the viewer understood the term a little better.

Unlike my babbling on Flyertalk, my news writing is to the point and written in a way everyone can understand.

Not that i"m Tom Brokov and never want to me.