As an aviation geek, I love interesting air traffic control interactions. Well, here’s one of the saucier ones I’ve heard, which is more in line with what you’d expect on Jerry Springer than on an air traffic control frequency.
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Shit like this is why I work at a top law firm. At all times - even if you call us at 3 in the morning on Christmas Day - we conduct ourselves with the finest class, grace, and the character and fitness becoming of a high-end professional.
Usually when two men go at it it's about who has a bigger penis.
This seems to have been a fight over whose was smaller.
Unessential radio chatter is frowned upon by ATC and the pilot community i believe in the interest of safety. The 767 pilot was also unprofessional by promoting more of the same too though.
The chav-chariot jockey, should have been aware, or, made aware of the necessity for him to maintain a separation speed consistent with operating speed of the following skywagon.
ATC, AWOL again perhaps?
As for the colourful language …. only in America? …. 🙂
A colleague of mine was a fighter pilot. He was in a large Canadian city for an airshow with "his jet". The jet was relatively new. He was testing its limits. ATC was being monitored. The Pilot of an also new but commercial jet was flexing his ego. "ATC, this is Commercial Jet at 43,000 feet. Checking in." ATC responded, "Thank you. Be aware of traffic at 49,000 feet." Not exactly SR71 level of put down, but there was no further communication from the new commercial jet pilot (Dreamliner I believe).
Best one I heard on one of my sorties a few years back...on 121.5...
"Get off of Delta common frequency!"
The first word of your comment says more about your "class, grace, and the character and fitness becoming of a high-end professional" than any other thing you could possibly say ever will.
Color me as uninformed, but I never knew cargo pilots were looked down on. I have met many at breakfast in airport hotels and they seem to really prefer certain freedoms that carrier pilots do not have. These include easier schedule changes, minimal uniform related rules and the freedom not to have to make those speeches to the passengers.
Agreed, not sure why they'd be considered less than passenger airline pilots. They make as much, if not more as the planes are generally larger and so are the trips. Plus they don't have to deal with crazy passengers, I'd bet most Spirit pilots wish they'd chosen to work cargo! I'd say the only possible negatives of cargo would be they tend to fly at night and probably have fewer "fun" destinations to choose from but still seems to me they have the better gig.
Listening to these two guys I guess there really is a pilot shortage or at least a shortage of professional ones.
Because back in 1986 If you screw up, just this much, you'll be flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog sh*t out of Hong Kong.
The tiny plane was talking behind someone’s back and was overhead. Thats very unfortunate; the response was a classic Trump response! I would prefer flying cargo bringing in the same or more money and less people hassle! Safe Travels✈️