Top 10 List

[2ndGenPSA]

As a pilot, I would like to know what would make the Controller Top-10 list of things pilots do that piss off controllers.

I am thinking of making a hand-out for initial training at my airline.

 

[Spooky 2]

As a pilot, I would like to know what would make the Controller Top-10 list of things pilots do that piss off controllers.

I am thinking of making a hand-out for initial training at my airline.

We have the traffic on our fish finder might be one for starters.

 

[Captain X]

ATC: "XXX say speed."

XXX: "Mach .78"

ATC: "XXX say indicated airspeed."

Speed = IAS

Mach Number = mach number

 

[ATR-DRIVR]

As a pilot, I would like to know what would make the Controller Top-10 list of things pilots do that piss off controllers.

I am thinking of making a hand-out for initial training at my airline.

NUMBER ONE...Multiple radio calls and then after 3 or more they come on and say "Are you calling XXX276"?
Especially in the Terminal environment, Tracon and TWR.
When you are talking to APP or DEPT, unless there is fire, flood, famine, locust's etc, there should be no reason to miss radio calls.

 

[atl pilot]

1)Incomplete required readbacks, specifically those regarding runway hold short instuctions!
2)Poor situational awareness.
3)Rolling to the end of the runway when youre at taxi speed and roll past 2 or 3 available exits (AAL are you listening?)

 

[part61]

you guys ever get sick of hearin good morning, good day, good evening etc...?

 

[Lrjtcaptain]

my pet peeve now is the pilot with the headset mic in his mouth

the pilot requesting clearence with the ac microphone and getting nothing but loud high pitches squeels. Really does wonders for the ears let me tell you

and the number one, and not sterotyping here but its 99.9% regional pilots, the guys who talk with the raspy low tone, im pilot god blah blah blah, grounnnnnnnd airshuttle #### clear of 28 for Foxxxxx fooour....... Drives me nuts....

 

[2ndGenPSA]

I agree with all of the above.

Not paying attention to radio calls.
Side-tone squeal when using A/C mic.
Not using call-sign, only flight number.
Mumbling.
Getting frustrated with controllers (they're taking care of us!)
Slow implementation of ATC instructions (half-bank turns, 500fpm descents, etc.)

To name a few.

 

[t-bone]

Does the term "with you" when checking on for the first time get obnoxious? I don't know why guys use it...the very fact that you are checking in with that controller is informing said controller that you're on board. Saying "with you" is just as good as saying "Here I am...I'm here"

What does "with you" accomplish that "Denver, N12345, FL400" doesn't?

 

[Spidey]

"American's 69", "Delta's 666", "Your airline name here plus 's"...it is a radio call, not a PA announcement. And God bless those low cost heroes out there flyin those standups or getting reserve assignments or JA-you can use the apostrophe S, if ya want! Happy New Year!

 

[Spidey]

...here we go...

 

[Spidey]

...c Ya...

 

[Spidey]

Radio calls that begin with, "And." I had an ole military aircraft commander that hated, "with ya." I didn't like much about him (ahh, he was alright after all these years), he was right on this one, as t-bone aptly mentioned.

 

[Lrjtcaptain]

This situation was semi annoying but doesn't happen enough for me to call it a pet peeve but did require extra transmissions. Fortuanatly enough for us we weren't in the middle of a rush.

to preface this, and those familiar with O'hare will be familiar....1st off, im on inbound ground.
I have an Eagle ERJ on Bravo between A11 and A12. Outbound has an Eagle ERJ coming out of the Hotel alley for A to head to T10,and an American MD80 on Alpha behind him. I told the Ealge on Bravo to cut in at Alpha 13 for the fox alley but to cross alpha behind the American MD80. His reply "Roger, we will pass beind company." Now im semi familiar with what regionals are owned by whom but for my clarification purposes I went back and said, "i want to verify you are going to cross alpha behind american." his response, Yeah, thats our company. Well, to alot of controllers they may not know that and probably don't care. Why couldn't he have just responded they way I said it, "cross alpha behind the american Md80." He actually sounded really dumb when he was trying to sound cool and we don't have time to play 20 questions. "Cross behind the american md80".......a simple "roger" would have been fine but "we will cross behind company" only adds to confusion due to the fact that the plane in front of the american MD80 was an Eagle ERJ. Not like if he had cut off american there would be a ground collision, it is possible, but I don't get what point he was trying to make. Waste of transmissions in the process. Next time i hear that, im going to change the route on the guy to head up to alpha 21 and double back as to be clear that the only thing I have to dodge now is spirit and delta which I doubt will be called company

 

[Bill Mostellar]

"Cross behind the american md80".......a simple "roger" would have been fine but "we will cross behind company" only adds to confusion due to the fact that the plane in front of the american MD80 was an Eagle ERJ. Not like if he had cut off american there would be a ground collision, it is possible, but I don't get what point he was trying to make.

I do.