Your Favorite Controller
06-18-2008, 06:12 PM
#72
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Joined APC: Jun 2006
Position: Former EMB 120 Jr. Water Boy, CRJ newbee
Posts: 373
Yea...she sounds hot.........! Always wanted to go up there and see her but then again I don't want to reck the image I have of her in my mind if she turns out to be..........? The lady on ramp sounds like she has to smoke at least a carton of smokes a day and is in her early hundreds.
06-18-2008, 06:20 PM
#73
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Joined APC: Jun 2006
Position: Former EMB 120 Jr. Water Boy, CRJ newbee
Posts: 373
Has Roger finaly retired? I miss talking to him.... and getting his precision vectors to final. Great guy, ........ met him at Oshkosh a few years back!
On a side note.....I used to love talking to the MSP center guys in the middle of the night durning my cargo days. Great group of folks up there!
On a side note.....I used to love talking to the MSP center guys in the middle of the night durning my cargo days. Great group of folks up there!
06-18-2008, 06:52 PM
#74
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Joined APC: Feb 2008
Position: retired
Posts: 645
There was (is still) a KJFK local controller that responded to a pilots '(call sign) request' with:
"(callsign) has a request, well, as long as it not a show tune, go ahead."
Professional, yet doesn't take him/herself too seriously...
"(callsign) has a request, well, as long as it not a show tune, go ahead."
Professional, yet doesn't take him/herself too seriously...
06-18-2008, 07:18 PM
#75
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Joined APC: Oct 2005
Position: MD-11 FO
Posts: 2,225
Ah, Franklin. I miss him...
"Colgan 5024, Cleared to Norfolk, LaGardia (sic) Niner Departure witha Whitestone Climb..."
No one has mentioned IAH, yet.
IAH Tower...we had Happy Richard. No matter how bad a day it was, he was always in a good mood and always made you smile. I think he just retired a few months ago. Great guy.
IAH Approach...Axe! Everybody that's ever flown in and out of IAH has had to have talked to Axe. You'd know him better as the Jetlincoln guy.
He had the greatest phrases, such as:
Pencil Jet (E145)
Bent-Wing Pencil Jet (E145XR)
Hoover (737)
Super Hoover (737-800)
Super Dooper Hoover (737-900)
He always told you to go fast no matter where you were coming in from. He'd keep your speed above 300 as long as he could. He could move some airplanes. He retired about a year or so ago.
My favorite memory of him was coming in from AEX very early in the morning, like before 6 or so. It was still dark and there were very few airplanes in the sky. Axe was working all sectors. I heard him talking to someone else as we got the handoff, so I checked in as "Jetlincoln 2XXX..." He always seemed to like it. Southwest checked on climbing out of HOU. His response was, "Southwest 902, Houston Departure, good morning. Proceed direct Whatchu Talkin' 'Bout." Southwest keyed the mike but didn't say anything. A few seconds later they queried the fix name. Axe responded with, "Southwest 902, cleared direct Whatchu Talkin' 'Bout WLLIS."
Next thing you hear is..."Oh! Ah...Huh huh. Direct WLLIS, 902. That was funny."
He responded with, "I know."
"Colgan 5024, Cleared to Norfolk, LaGardia (sic) Niner Departure witha Whitestone Climb..."
No one has mentioned IAH, yet.
IAH Tower...we had Happy Richard. No matter how bad a day it was, he was always in a good mood and always made you smile. I think he just retired a few months ago. Great guy.
IAH Approach...Axe! Everybody that's ever flown in and out of IAH has had to have talked to Axe. You'd know him better as the Jetlincoln guy.
He had the greatest phrases, such as:
Pencil Jet (E145)
Bent-Wing Pencil Jet (E145XR)
Hoover (737)
Super Hoover (737-800)
Super Dooper Hoover (737-900)
He always told you to go fast no matter where you were coming in from. He'd keep your speed above 300 as long as he could. He could move some airplanes. He retired about a year or so ago.
My favorite memory of him was coming in from AEX very early in the morning, like before 6 or so. It was still dark and there were very few airplanes in the sky. Axe was working all sectors. I heard him talking to someone else as we got the handoff, so I checked in as "Jetlincoln 2XXX..." He always seemed to like it. Southwest checked on climbing out of HOU. His response was, "Southwest 902, Houston Departure, good morning. Proceed direct Whatchu Talkin' 'Bout." Southwest keyed the mike but didn't say anything. A few seconds later they queried the fix name. Axe responded with, "Southwest 902, cleared direct Whatchu Talkin' 'Bout WLLIS."
Next thing you hear is..."Oh! Ah...Huh huh. Direct WLLIS, 902. That was funny."
He responded with, "I know."
06-18-2008, 07:26 PM
#76
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Joined APC: Feb 2007
Position: A terminal bum
Posts: 421
We all have them. Who and where is that controller that makes you grin as you are grinding through the day?
In Denver ARTCC we have the Seeyaaa guy and TRACON has good morning/good night. My favorite is the APP/DEP controller who sounds like Mr. Mackey, heading two-five-zeeeeroooo (insert mkay). Zero personality until you give him Toodles as you are signing off and he responds with an equally flat...Toodle-loo.
In Denver ARTCC we have the Seeyaaa guy and TRACON has good morning/good night. My favorite is the APP/DEP controller who sounds like Mr. Mackey, heading two-five-zeeeeroooo (insert mkay). Zero personality until you give him Toodles as you are signing off and he responds with an equally flat...Toodle-loo.
Flown into Denver and had the Seeeya guy while on a XC in UPT. As other guys would get handed off they would give their Seeyah's back to him and he seemed to enjoy it. My IP said I had to make it sound cool when it was our turn to get handed off. Sure enough we get handed off and I just totally butcher it. He said nice one and have a good day. It was comicical in the jet..definitely thought about my radio call a little bit too hard that day!
That guy really seems to enjoy his job though.
06-18-2008, 07:32 PM
#77
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Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: Right Seat... Forever
Posts: 410
sorry fellas she's married to a TSA captain. But her voice is sexxy.
Last edited by soon2bfo; 06-18-2008 at 07:46 PM.
06-18-2008, 07:58 PM
#79
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Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: Canadair Gosh
Posts: 609
That one female Express ramp controller, she takes the cake. Mucks up everything anytime you push off of the end of the terminal to spot 22 or 23. I have had to get sassy with her more than once.
06-18-2008, 09:27 PM
#80
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Joined APC: Aug 2007
Posts: 156
Yea...she sounds hot.........! Always wanted to go up there and see her but then again I don't want to reck the image I have of her in my mind if she turns out to be..........? The lady on ramp sounds like she has to smoke at least a carton of smokes a day and is in her early hundreds.
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