Until that day when he's too busy, or is having a bad day and forgets he gave you PD, and clears another airplane into your space...oops. It's happened before. The call is unnecessary 99% of the time, but man, that time.....
Controllers have a tough job, and just like pilots I've heard them...
The problem with a lot of people who use the "please advice" phrase is that they ASSUME that lack of response means there isn't anyone else in the pattern...and it ain't necessarily so...
There are pros and cons either way. I like hearing the call sign, that way I know HOW MANY Cessnas are in the pattern. And pardon my ignorance, but when it comes to Cessnas, don't they all have one speed in the pattern? LOL!
Like I said, one or two guys doing it is a cute, welcome brake. Everybody doing it is unacceptable.
TWR: American1234 22L line up and wait
AA1234: American 1234
TWR: American 1234 hold short of 9R approach
AA1234: American 1234
Neither one of those responses are acceptable, and I know...
A while back there was a message on there stating that the site had been hacked and they were working to find another host...or something along those lines.
Wait. Are you saying that in Daytona Beach it's ok to go out on the balcony naked and beat off? He is lucky they didn't cut off the offending appendage.
While I don't consider changing careers at this stage. I do have a plan B that runs concurrent with aviation. Between furloughs, bankruptcies, and merger/buyouts, every pilot should have a plan to fall back on.
I normally don't kiss and tell, but in my opinion this was so far over the top that its worth sharing.
A few weeks ago, on a dark and stormy night, I jumpseated in a regional jet to my home in the Midwest. Now, I'm familiar with the practice of aiming the wx radar down to paint ground clutter...
Well, that's bull********************, cause neither you or I have any control over that! There are aholes on both sides of the fence, but the majority of the group doesn't feel like that.
I was told today by a legacy ExpressJet captain that SkyWest pilots no longer have priority on Express Jet. We are now Time of Check in, in the "other" airline category. She took a mainline American pilot over me.
Is this true? Is this the way its going to be even tho we are both wholly...
A friend wants to give her husband, a non pilot, a cool birthday present. She mentioned maybe a couple of hours in a full motion sim or something along those lines. I suggested that perhaps a ride in a vintage warbird like a T33, or Mig15, would be more memorable.
Does anybody have any...
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