Control tower's midair joke leads to landing miscue

[Traderd]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/06/15...cmp=latestnews

"Delta Flight 630 from Detroit changed course Wednesday afternoon after a controller told the pilot not to complete the landing and then said he was only kidding, NBC?s Atlanta affiliate reported."

The pilot diverted the plane after the controller told him, ?630, go around,? the station said, citing the radio traffic from the tower.

Seconds later the controller canceled that order.

"I?m kidding, Delta 630," the controller told the pilot. "After you land, I've got no one behind you. Expect to exit right. Delta 630 you?re clear to land on (runway) 27-Left."

WXIA said the radio traffic shows the pilot responded that it was too late. He was clearly annoyed, the station said.

?You sent us around,? the pilot informed the controller. "Delta 630 is on the go."

 

[scoreboardII]

Clearly annoyed.... Clearly you can hear the controllers brain cells colliding when the pilot says he's going around...

 

[twepilot]

I like all the ATL controllers but there is this one guy that seems to work Ground a lot that is a total doosh. If you don't read back what his clearance is word for word he gets annoyed and then repeats the clearance in hopes that you will read it back, in his mind, correctly. It causes issues every time I've heard him on position.

RV

 

[Traderd]

Clearly annoyed.... Clearly you can hear the controllers brain cells colliding when the pilot says he's going around...

Sounds like some of the story might be missing. Joking about a go around in Atlanta? I've never had the opportunity (or misfortune) to fly into Atlanta but it seems they'd be too busy to mess around on a frequency.

A go around instruction followed by an "I'm kidding?" My first thought after aborting the approach would be MIJI?

 

[waveflyer]

I love how the report said it put passengers in danger

So dramatic all the time

 

[waveflyer]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...tlanta-airport-joke-diverts-landing/10571243/

Jesus

Then the airplane "DROPPED" from 30,000 to 9000 feet!!!

Umm, or just descended normally

This is news ?

A delta guy with a stick up his arse?? Imagine that

 

[charley varrick]

http://youtu.be/DItgw1mU9Us

 

[waveflyer]

http://youtu.be/DItgw1mU9Us

Well done

 

[AKAAB]

Extra pay courtesy of the ATC. :beer:

 

[SpauldingSmails]

A delta guy with a stick up his arse?? Imagine that

I don't think I'd be criticizing anyone for going around if things don't look or sound right.

Stick or not, probably the most conservative course of immediate action if the tower controller tells you to "go-around."

I doubt a similar joke would not have gone over well from a pilot to ATC.

 

[Erlanger]

The joke will be on the controller when Delta sends him the fuel bill.

 

[SIG600]

Why does tower care they don't have a gate, and why are they having this conversation on short final?

 

[waveflyer]

Really?

It's NOT delta with a stick up their arse??

You sure?

Bc the media cut off and did not emphasize the delta pilot's previous comments about not having a gate so atc might want to figure out where they were going to park- then ATC said go around, and pretty quickly said he was kidding you got all the room in the world buddy... Then captain serious actually went around.

Sounds like a pretty moronic and expensive and more importantly, ROTE UNTHINKING NO PERSONALITY thing to do so immediately- we're talking 3 seconds here between the controller saying that and the I'm kidding.

Anyone with a personality would know the controller was kidding if there was no other reason to anticipate a go around.

IMO, I'd like to here the FULL audio so we can get the whole thing in context.

Sounds like the captain was an idiot and on a news day when media doesn't want to talk about the billions we wasted in Iraq, they're blowing it up and that controller is going to get some political time off- rather undeserved

Maybe I'm wrong- but I'd like a listen of the whole tape and haven't found it on liveleak yet

 

[Erlanger]

Really?

It's NOT delta with a stick up their arse??

You sure?

Bc the media cut off and did not emphasize the delta pilot's previous comments about not having a gate so atc might want to figure out where they were going to park- then ATC said go around, and pretty quickly said he was kidding you got all the room in the world buddy... Then captain serious actually went around.

Sounds like a pretty moronic and expensive and more importantly, ROTE UNTHINKING NO PERSONALITY thing to do so immediately- we're talking 3 seconds here between the controller saying that and the I'm kidding.

Anyone with a personality would know the controller was kidding if there was no other reason to anticipate a go around.

IMO, I'd like to here the FULL audio so we can get the whole thing in context.

Sounds like the captain was an idiot and on a news day when media doesn't want to talk about the billions we wasted in Iraq, they're blowing it up and that controller is going to get some political time off- rather undeserved

Maybe I'm wrong- but I'd like a listen of the whole tape and haven't found it on liveleak yet

It was last Wed and if you know the time it happened you can retrieve the audio here.
http://www.liveatc.net/archive.php?m=katl_twr

 

[Erlanger]

Here's the flight's go around track and landing from last Wed..
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL630/history/20140611/1845Z/KDTW/KATL