In my years of working with numerous large organizations, I find they have an appalling tendency to use TLA’s everywhere. I theorize that this is a mechanism of exclusion, of keeping outsiders on the outside. By now, you’re probably feeling like an outsider because you didn’t know that a TLA is a three-letter acronym. This inclination to use acronyms is doubly maddening because too often an acronym in one industry means something entirely different in another. You end up having to memorize a long list of acronyms just to keep up with the conversation.

As a frequent flyer, I’ve reluctantly started to memorize airport codes. Some are straightforward and I can pick them up easily (e.g. PHL is Philadelphia). Others are fiendishly disguised but you can eventually catch on (e.g. EWR is Newark). Too many, unfortunately, have absolutely no connection to the airport or the city name (e. g. YYZ for Toronto). If I don’t use an airport after a while, I forget the code. I flew to Chicago last year every week for five months but can no longer remember the code. Given the fact that there are thousands of airport codes, memorizing them seems rather impractical.

Now for the request:
When someone uses an airport code, can you arrange it so that when we roll our mouse over the acronym, a pop up appears with the airport city and country? I’ve seen this feature used for advertising on other sites and think it would be very valuable here.

Thanks!