Whats the funniest thing you have ever heard over the radio??
03-03-2009, 05:21 AM
#812
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This happened 'way long ago, when Crown Airways (remember them?) had just gotten its first SD330 - the famous original "Sky Pig".. This aircraft was taxiing out one morning at, I think, CKB, when the ground / tower controller queried:
ATC: "Crown XXXX, what type of airplane are you driving this morning?"
SD330: "Well sir, this is a Shorts Brothers 330 - brand new."
ATC: "Oh, okay ... very nice."
<moderate pause>
ATC: "Did you build that yourself?"
ATC: "Crown XXXX, what type of airplane are you driving this morning?"
SD330: "Well sir, this is a Shorts Brothers 330 - brand new."
ATC: "Oh, okay ... very nice."
<moderate pause>
ATC: "Did you build that yourself?"
Last edited by rotorhead1026; 03-03-2009 at 09:40 AM.
03-03-2009, 06:42 PM
#815
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Last night I was having trouble remembering to change the frequencies and coms so I ended up calling ops for taxi and stuff like that. During climb this happened:
Eagle: center, eagle 5058 6.2 for 150.
Without missing a beat,
Approach: eagle 5058 FLIP THE SWITCH!!
I know you would have had to be there but it was the last straw. I wasn't allowed to talk on the radio for the rest of the flight. The captain could not stop laughing at/with me. I just had to share my frustration of that flight with y'all and I thought the controller was very sporting that night. It's funny how fatigue can sneak up on you without you knowing.
Eagle: center, eagle 5058 6.2 for 150.
Without missing a beat,
Approach: eagle 5058 FLIP THE SWITCH!!
I know you would have had to be there but it was the last straw. I wasn't allowed to talk on the radio for the rest of the flight. The captain could not stop laughing at/with me. I just had to share my frustration of that flight with y'all and I thought the controller was very sporting that night. It's funny how fatigue can sneak up on you without you knowing.
03-03-2009, 08:49 PM
#816
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I'll tell you one thing that is driving me crazy is the number of pilots from two nameless airlines (mine not included) that religiously use the phrase "HERE WE GO" to an ATC clearance. I also can't believe that ATC lets them get away with it. It isn't safe and you sound like a (explictive edited for the APC police).
-Fatty
-Fatty
03-10-2009, 03:09 PM
#817
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On the ramp in LA:
Gnd: Dornier 928, caution for a Cessna 172 that will be taxiing out behind you
Dornier: Dont worry we wont run over them
Gnd: Thats...uh...thats a good thing
Dornier: Sure is
172: Tell me about it!
Gnd: Dornier 928, caution for a Cessna 172 that will be taxiing out behind you
Dornier: Dont worry we wont run over them
Gnd: Thats...uh...thats a good thing
Dornier: Sure is
172: Tell me about it!
03-10-2009, 03:40 PM
#818
Blue Skies
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A little fun one in the pattern at daytona:
Tower: Cessna xxx cleared touch and go rwy 7R, traffic holding in position
Cessna: eehhhh, ok, cleared touch and go, and looking for traffic
Cessna (after short wait): Is the traffic on final?
Tower: No... HE'S ON THE RUNWAY
Was fun there and then
Tower: Cessna xxx cleared touch and go rwy 7R, traffic holding in position
Cessna: eehhhh, ok, cleared touch and go, and looking for traffic
Cessna (after short wait): Is the traffic on final?
Tower: No... HE'S ON THE RUNWAY
Was fun there and then
03-10-2009, 05:39 PM
#819
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I'll tell you one thing that is driving me crazy is the number of pilots from two nameless airlines (mine not included) that religiously use the phrase "HERE WE GO" to an ATC clearance. I also can't believe that ATC lets them get away with it. It isn't safe and you sound like a (explictive edited for the APC police).
-Fatty
-Fatty
I guess that everyone has their own favorite pet peeves. When I was working in ATC my big issue was people who talk too much on the frequency (especially when it was busy), but it didn't really bother me when pilots used folksy little expressions. I was often wondering how soon can we start to execute these guys who insist on repeating every single syllable that you say, when a simple "ROGER" or "WILCO" will suffice?!!! And it wasn't only pilots who were guilty of this dastardly crime. I used to work with a guy who would take about nine hundred words to clear someone to land!
03-10-2009, 06:59 PM
#820
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Sure, I could say, "roger, cleared for the approach" and then turn around to the other pilot and ask “did he say runway 23 left?” or I could repeat the whole thing hoping you’ll catch my mistake if I heard something wrong…
Buddy of mine lost his license for 6 months because he "assumed" he heard something he actually didn't...
Hope I’m making sense here
Anyways, back to the funny stuff plz....
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