I've never heard 'stop all engines' before. Is it a regional idiom?
Stop All Engines is apparently a nautical term, but isn't the actual term:
All Stop: An order given aboard a vessel to stop all engines from moving either fore or aft. Often answered with "Answering all stop, captain", "Reading all stop, sir", or even just "aye sir".
Correct, except in US Army aircraft battalions, as well as psychological operations against enemy cavalry, i.e. "I would stop all engines and exit the tank, but that's just me".
nah i thinking your reading too much into it. Pretty sure by stop all engines he just means to halt and figure wtf is going on.
I've never heard 'stop all engines' before. Is it a regional idiom?
Stop All Engines is apparently a nautical term, but isn't the actual term:
Correct, except in US Army aircraft battalions, as well as psychological operations against enemy cavalry, i.e. "I would stop all engines and exit the tank, but that's just me".
It makes sense, but I've never heard it before either.
I've heard "stop your engines," not stop all engines before.