LOL .. I spent all 4 of my flights listening to them last week. Made me feel better .. I could hear what control was telling the pilots to do before they did it. I would hear the message to turn/speed up/slow down/whatever come in and 1 second after the pilot was confirming the instructions to control, the command would be carried out.
On approach to Chicago, I heard: Some other plane: "Control, what the hell are we behind?" Control: "A seven five seven about 10 miles up." Some other plane: "*sigh* well, we just really got the crap banged out of us back here." I felt sorry for the poor guy .. and the passengers hehe. My brother-in-law has all kinds of humorus stories to share. His initials are J. B. so some of his friends call him "Jibbee". Whenever he and one of his buddies are both flying, the buddy will pick up the mic and say "Jibbee". This usually causes the tower to ask that the last plane retransmit .. so his buddy says "Jibbee" again. Then "Jibbee" gets on the mic and responds with his buddy's nickname (which is a bit similar to "Jibbee"). Control usually asks for a retransmit from him as well. I'm not sure how long they keep that up with a particular controler, but I'm sure it's not very long ... but considering a plane gets handed off to many different controlers durring a flight, there are probably many seperate opportunities for fun and games. Another story involves a female pilot who has one of those high-pitched bubbly, happy voices. Another pilot seems to find her voice amusing. Sometimes when he hears her make a transmission, he will pick up the mic and say "Teeeheeheeheehee" in a high-pitched voice of his own. This is, apparently, an ongoing thing. Well .. I guess pilots have to entertain themselves somehow :) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 12:40 PM Subject: RE: United (was RE: Time to buy a laptop) > LOL > > nearing Hawaii, I heard a controller wishing a pilot > a "happy retirement". > > surprised they get to know anything about each other > with the brief radio exchanges - maybe the co-pilot or > somebody snitched :-) > > -Ben > > > > They did last time I flew with them in December. So that was post 9-11. > > > > True air communication: > > > > ----- > > Unknown aircraft: "I'm f...ing bored!" > > Air Traffic Control: "Last aircraft transmitting, identify yourself > > immediately!" > > Unknown aircraft: "I said I was f...ing bored, not f...ing stupid!" > > ----- > > > > -Kevin ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
