TransMach
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Pilot Bloopers
OK, LegacyDriver, here ya go ...
Later in my Continental Airlines days, we were inbound to LAX (yes again, as if you hadn't guessed). We were flying the ILS RWY 25L procedure from the profile descent (they changed those also) and were about 25NM from the runway when arrivals instructed us "Continental XXXX, reduce to 160 knots, you will follow traffic at 10 oclock, 4 miles, northbound to join the localizer". "Continental XXXX, Roger ... Wilco" we responded. Sometime later, after the preeceding traffic had been processed to the north complex (USAir for Terminal 1) approach asked; "Continental XXXX can you guys give me 210 knots to Lima?"
Yes, Lima has been renamed as well as Roman.
My captain responds "OK, we'll do it, two one oh, here we go, Continental XXXX" and I accellerate the airplane to 210 +/- my ability to fly it.
As we cross the Lima OM, we contacted South Tower; "L.A. Tower, Continental XXXX, Lima inbound". "Continental XXXX, Tower, REDUCE TO YOUR MINIMUM APPROACH SPEED YOU ARE THREE MILES IN TRAIL OF SO'N SO". "Hey, a deal's a deal, my captain retorts, we can't slow down now!" "Don't you have SPEED BRAKES?" LA asks? "Yea, but those are for our short commings, not yours!" he answers.
"ALL AIRCRAFT THIS FREQUENCY, THIS IS LOS ANGELES SIMULTANEOUS MONITOR ... ALL AIRCRAFT EXECUTE MISSED APPROACH ... ALL AIRCRAFT FLY RUNWAY HEADING 255 ... ALL AIRCRAFT CLIMB AND MAINTAIN 2,000 FEET ... BREAK XXXX XXXXX TURN LEFT HEADING 210 ... BREAK XXXX XXXXX FLY RUNWAY HEADING .... BREAK XXXX XXXXX TURN LEFT HEADING 210, ETC., ETC.,"
"Well", my captain said ... "I guess those guys just can't take a joke" ...
TransMach
OK, LegacyDriver, here ya go ...
Later in my Continental Airlines days, we were inbound to LAX (yes again, as if you hadn't guessed). We were flying the ILS RWY 25L procedure from the profile descent (they changed those also) and were about 25NM from the runway when arrivals instructed us "Continental XXXX, reduce to 160 knots, you will follow traffic at 10 oclock, 4 miles, northbound to join the localizer". "Continental XXXX, Roger ... Wilco" we responded. Sometime later, after the preeceding traffic had been processed to the north complex (USAir for Terminal 1) approach asked; "Continental XXXX can you guys give me 210 knots to Lima?"
Yes, Lima has been renamed as well as Roman.
My captain responds "OK, we'll do it, two one oh, here we go, Continental XXXX" and I accellerate the airplane to 210 +/- my ability to fly it.
As we cross the Lima OM, we contacted South Tower; "L.A. Tower, Continental XXXX, Lima inbound". "Continental XXXX, Tower, REDUCE TO YOUR MINIMUM APPROACH SPEED YOU ARE THREE MILES IN TRAIL OF SO'N SO". "Hey, a deal's a deal, my captain retorts, we can't slow down now!" "Don't you have SPEED BRAKES?" LA asks? "Yea, but those are for our short commings, not yours!" he answers.
"ALL AIRCRAFT THIS FREQUENCY, THIS IS LOS ANGELES SIMULTANEOUS MONITOR ... ALL AIRCRAFT EXECUTE MISSED APPROACH ... ALL AIRCRAFT FLY RUNWAY HEADING 255 ... ALL AIRCRAFT CLIMB AND MAINTAIN 2,000 FEET ... BREAK XXXX XXXXX TURN LEFT HEADING 210 ... BREAK XXXX XXXXX FLY RUNWAY HEADING .... BREAK XXXX XXXXX TURN LEFT HEADING 210, ETC., ETC.,"
"Well", my captain said ... "I guess those guys just can't take a joke" ...
TransMach