Words of Advice:
"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne
“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *
"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown
“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie
"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul
"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad
"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown
"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers
"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown
"Eck!" -- George the Cat
* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone
6 comments:
To be fair though, General Aviation in this country is rife with controllers who make suck a "mistake" sound tempting if not downright appealing with the way that they talk to transient pilots who dare ask for clarification when given approach instructions that don't seem appropriate. (Yeah, KHLG...looking at YOU GUYS here!)
Ok Murphy, how many times have visited the facilities you so blithely bitch about?
Twice, actually. First time, I caught a rash of shit for questioning some approach instructions. Second time, they were dogging someone else out on Ground for getting the readback of taxi instructions wrong. I was reminded of the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld and decided to just stay out of their Delta space get my 100LL somewhere else after that.
CP88 meant to ask "How many times have you ever been inside an ATC facility?" Taken a tour, schedule a visit? It may temper your one-sided view of air traffic control.
Dale (ATCS 26 yrs., ret.)
Oh I've seen what they do, and spent some time watching at a couple of different airports. Not a job I'd care to do, but still, you can do it without being a douche about it. If I ask for a repeat or a clarification, it's because I want to be sure I know what you want me to do. You have to admit that's preferable to me just doing something half-assed because that's what I kinda thought I heard. (" Huh. Did he say come straight in? Doesn't make much sense with that Fed-Ex Heavy already on final, but I don't want to bother them by asking again, so..."
Murphy, drag on into a facility and open your eyes.
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