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IIRC this is why the U.S. military (in certain cases?) uses a pre-generated list of code names. If you let humans do the code names, they'll choose names that leak info.

Not to get too far on this tangent, but, for me, "jetty" doesn't evoke "jettison" but either:

1) Those little docks like in Venice (cf. "Let me off at this jetty" in The Last Crusade).

2) The jetty server library that Jenkins uses which shows up in error messages.

3) the short film that 12 Monkeys was based on

La Jetée

3) A plank that pirates walk people off of into the water to be eaten by sharks.

Source? Never heard that, and not seeing it in cursory internet searches. IME it's just called "the plank."

I think it meant Jettison (throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship).

I’m not sure where you got that idea from but I assumed it was a typo. The lawyer was trying to type “layoff plan” and autocorrect worked its magic.

They are referring to the George Jetson maneuverability

> but not a dumb codename

The whole point - the only purpose of a codename is that it doesn't give the game away.