Unprofessional controllers

[OPECJet]

I heard those Eagle guys. I didn't know who it was, just thought it was rediculous.

BTW, if you ever hear him talk to a foreign carrier, he promptly goes into standard phraseology mode. Its like someone hitting a switch.

 

[skychaser]

Best- NY app. dep. cntr...they rock!
JFK, LGA (well, most), EWR controllers

Worst- HPN unbelievable how long you can spend on the ground there!
CLE- App...let's circle round the lake one more time so they can figure it all out!
IAH- It's not the controllers as much as it is the procedures...clearance to taxi stinks

 

[J Dawg]

ORD, by far the best in the world!!!! Great sense of humor as well.

IAD, the worst in the nation. A CTAF is more efficient than these clowns. PATOMAC sucks as bad. Just the other day on final, IAD twr told the airplane clearing the rwy at the third highspeed to "call ground on 132.45, and next time use the second highspeed". What nerve.

IAD needs to swap out controllers with PIT, since PIT is now deserted.

 

[WMUSIGPI]

CLE bites the big one! Double downwind, 30+ miles, slow to 170, what do you mean you can't accept that in icing conditions, fly you right up someones ass, no plowing the runway SUCKING airport!


And I think I held a couple of things back.

The "great mistake by the lake" airport....too bad it didn't burn with the river that caught fire there some years back

 

[low-key]

CVG definately sucks. 20 mile finals at 180 kts, hate the place.

PIT rocks... SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYAAAAAAAAAA!

CMH they suck too, theyre just inept. 2 airplanes inbound from opposite directions and all hell breaks loose.

MCO, TPA- good folks, good job

 

[CaptBiff]

Who is the female controller in Atl center(?) that allways says "contact so and so on 123.45, twenty three forty five have a nice rest of the day"

 

[BoilerUP]

Another vote for IAD...From Hawthorne we ALWAYS get 19L when they are landing south, and the multiple freqs for the taxi are a pain in the arse.

Not Potomac Approach, but flying into IAD one morning over MGW on the arrival, "Turn right heading 180, slow to slowest practical airspeed for spacing". After wallowing around the sky at .46M at FL370 for 15 minutes, we ask if we can increase speed. They reply "Oh yeah, normal speed now, direct DRUZZ". Evidently, we had to slow and turn to make spacing for a King Air 10K feet and 180 knots slower than us...

 

[Alchemy]

RDU is no good. I had no problems at ORD or IAD. Never had a big problem at IAH either in 8 months of being based there. The new ramp frequency is a big help.

 

[onionluvr]

Tried calling the tower in HPN starting 5 miles out. Kept trying the whole way down til we finally got a response when we were 1/4 mile final. What was the response? "umm what is your position?" That was a go around. I have tons of other HPN experiences but that is my favorite. THEY SUCK!!

BOS is my favorite. They move traffic well and have fun doing it.

 

[Geronimo4497]

Nassau BLOWS

I not an airline guy (yet), but I have seen plenty of you regional guys down at MYNN. Going there always make me appreciate flying into any US airport. Do you remember the old James Bond movie when he land at Nassau on the Pan Am 707? Well, I don't think that they have added any new technology to the airport since then.



The taxi times at that airport are completely ridiculous. Last time I was there, after departing on 27, the tower gave me this EXACT clearance: "Blue and White plane on the departure end of 27, contact departure controller...." This same controller had just given us takeoff clearance no more than 30 seconds prior. Departure then proceeded to vector us right into the path of a XJT 145 that had departed on 36. I think we would do better there if there were no tower or approach at all.

BOS Rocks, and MHT (MHT guys know us Pilatus drivers have 20 knots on the RJs on final ).

 

[maddog805]

I can't believe nobody mentioned Rod in LAX tower. I know he left LAX but I'm not sure where he went. Am I the only one who remembers this guy?

IAH..............all the attitude of ORD with half the talent.


AF

Brain, you for got FAT tower and approach. I can't stand those guys.

 

[Kaman]

Hello,
I'll second Potomac Approach is very frustrating to work on some days, but I think they are a training facility as someone mentioned. The controllers in CMH are really nice to work with, and so is Indy Center.

Regards,

ex-Navy Rotorhead

 

[Brokenwings]

Worst in South Florida is BCT Boca Raton, and Vero Beach. The best and coolest is PBI and Stewart.

MYNN Nassau, Bahamas are the nicest controller but the most unefficient bunch I have ever dealt with. I was #2 on the ground and there was 3 A/C in the air. It took them 38 minutes to get me out. Weather was beautiful.

Anyone know when they gonna be done paving runway 14/32. They started before Christmas.

 

[Palomino]

i have found any major Canadian airport to be more efficient, logical, and precise than any U.S. facility.

traffic seperation is great. weather information is exact. controller instructions and language always clear and concise.

the Canadians do it well. and they are helpful and friendly all the while.

 

[Sc00ter]

(MHT guys know us Pilatus drivers have 20 knots on the RJs on final ).

Not an RJ on the last leg of a four day! Commuting crews never flare and ALWAY'S make the first turn off.

scoot

 

[Doug Parker]

Not an RJ on the last leg of a four day! Commuting crews never flare and ALWAY'S make the first turn off.

Speaking of unprofessional.................

 

[Sc00ter]

You are out of your league, MGMT. Talk professionalism to me when your wife spends 208 nights a year in an empty bed.

Just remember who paid for that parachute.

Regards,

scoot

 

[Doug Parker]

hey poot,

Just remember who it was that chose that profession - (note profession, ie professionalism) - try it sometime

If you don't like being gone, go to Ameriflight - they fly Sewerpipes and you're home every night.

 

[ATTCS]

I agree about IAD. A few of those idiots couldn't separate the cheeks of their a$$.

 

[KO King]

The SoCal and LAX folks take the prize in my book!
They are awesome! With all the airports in SoCal and all of the general aviation traffic, plus the airliners coming in and out, they do a great job.

 

[Cardinal]

Got to go with BOS folk being pretty cool. Just allways seem to have the mix flowing just right. Ms.Cleo in LGA,, well,,, affirmative action, don't ya know. BEST smaller group has got to be PWM. Hands down.

PWM is quiet, they know it, but still keep things friendly and efficient. And they've helped me out a zillion times with thru clearances, popup IFRs, difficult students, you name it. Alot of em fly, one has a Cherokee, another a Yak - nice folks.

 

[Sgt. Hartman]

CMH they suck too, theyre just inept. 2 airplanes inbound from opposite directions and all hell breaks loose.

Negative ghostrider! I gotta stick up for my boyz at CMH. They are the only set or controllers that I have seen land 60 planes in less than 30 minutes on two strips of pavement on four different runways and yes in opposite directions. There is only one approach controller on two different freqs. running all the inbound and outbound traffic as well as only one controller in the tower handling all arrivals, ground traffic and clearance by himself. They are also mixing in jets along with slower props in the whole mess as well.

 

[dalegribble]

IAD controllers are required to score below 75 on their IQ test.

 

[Some Dude]

Easy Russia has the worst. China sucks too. Any place in the carib mon sucks also.

 

[Russ]

"I can't believe nobody mentioned Rod in LAX tower"

Good ole rodzilla. I heard he went to the Chicago area, don't know what facility however.

 

[ATRCA]

i have found any major Canadian airport to be more efficient, logical, and precise than any U.S. facility.

traffic seperation is great. weather information is exact. controller instructions and language always clear and concise.

the Canadians do it well. and they are helpful and friendly all the while.

Ok, Ok, wait a minute....

They do a very nice job in Canada no question. But c'mon, their busiest airport is like a large class "C" here. I go to Canada at least once in every pairing (YOW tomm. night) and they are friendly, courteous and professional but they have nothing on the folks in NY CNTR/APP or the folks in ORD for that matter.

Not putting them down, just two completely different worlds. I do like the way the folks in YUL can do back and forth between French and English and never miss a beat.

Bonjour..

 

[flying2jd]

potomac totally stinks.... They almost ran me into a citation one day going into HEF ifr in a Baron......

 

[Mercury]

Any of you COEX/EXJET guys know if John is still working in CLE Tower?? He had to be one of the funniest controllers I've ever heard. I'm sure theres alot of good stories floating around about him!!!