They've been busy over at WHQ these days, working on updating Unimatic to allow for specified nicknames to be displayed on the IBS.

According to the Briefing Packet dated Jan 15-31, Flight attendants "will soon be able to have their preferred name listed on the IBS. To do so, they must enter the name they preferred to be called on the FDMS nickname line."

This change will occur on Feb 12 and will look like this:

CABIN:                                                              
    LOF  DOM FILE#  NAME              SEN#   ID   DT POS  ML PQ
 2 0143A LAS 123456 BATMAN,ANDREW     01234 03047 01  F F B
                 ** PREFERRED NAME: BATTIE
 4 0010A LAS 654321 CHEN,JACOB        04321 03047 01    Y B
 3 0143C LAS 123456 JENKINS,MARTY     12345 03047 01    V B
 1 0012A LAS 012345 BINKLE,TRAVIS     01423 03791 02    Y
                 ** PREFERRED NAME: TAXI DRIVER
 5 1603A LAS 054321 BERNSTEIN,RICHARD 54321 09148 02    Y
                 ** PREFERRED NAME: GANDALF THE GRAY