"This is McCarren International departure information Delta. 2100
zulu, [weather, approach information, notams, etc., etc.] Arriving
aircraft contact approach at 118... [silence] You lousy machine,
why do you always do this to me?"
zulu, [weather, approach information, notams, etc., etc.] Arriving
aircraft contact approach at 118... [silence] You lousy machine,
why do you always do this to me?"
Related:
- Fly the Friendly Skies in your Cessna
And who says our controllers don't have a sense of humor?
------------------------------------------------ November 22, 1996 - Any More Complaints?... - Anyway, I heard these two on the air this week:
(Scene 1
it's night over Las Vegas, information hotel is current and mooney 33W is unfamiliar and talking to approach control) Approach... - Airborne Humor
*** Any More Complaints? ***
The controller working a busy pattern told the 727 on downwind to make a 360
(do a complete circle, usually done to provide spacing between aircraft).
The pilot of the 727 complained, "Do you know it costs us two thousand dollars to make a 360 in this airplane?... - Many* commercial aircraft are stacked up waiting for approach to O'Hare Int'l,
ATC has inflicted numerous delays, and some planes are already 1-2 hours late.
The WX is good, it's just that there is a traffic bottleneck somewhere.... - Direct from the ABS convention at IWS (West Houston, TX)
On arrival day for the ABS convention, an FAA Flight Check aircraft showed up to flight check the instrument approaches at IWS.... - Several years ago I heard a pilot check in with approach control
with the following (names changed because I don't remember them)
[said with an exaggerated Southern drawl] Birdseed Approach, Barnburner 123 with you at seven thousand, with Information -- excuse the expression -- Yankee.... - 'Nice approach. Now let's see your departure.
- Hilarious Flight Information from the Airline Employees
Occasionally, airline attendants make an effort to make the "in-flight
safety lecture" and their other announcements a bit more entertaining.
Here are some real examples that have been heard or reported... - I worked for a bit in the coastguard in Wales and I used to send weather
reports to other bases, using a sort of antique FAX machine.
I would call first on a special telephone and then send the data....
