Even More on the Radio
Somtimes, we forget that Air Traffic are human too...
| ATC protocol | ||
| Tower: | "Have you got enough fuel or not?" | |
| Pilot: | "Yes?" | |
| Tower: | "Yes what?" | |
| Pilot: | "Yes, SIR!" | |
| ATC surprise | ||
| Control: | "You are unreadable, say again." | |
| Motor-glider: | "I’ve turned off the engine, is that better?." | |
| Control: | (lonnnnnnnnnnnng pause) | |
| ATC exasperation | ||
| Air Canada 1147: | "Moncton, Air Canada 1147, can you get the winds from 167 above us?" | |
| Moncton: | "As soon as I get a chance, I will." | |
| (some time passes with continuous radio chatter) | ||
| Air Canada 1147: | "Moncton, 1147, what are the winds up there?" | |
| Moncton: | "Standby for that please." | |
| (more radio chatter) | ||
| Air Canada 1147: | "Moncton, can you ask company 167 for his winds?" | |
| Moncton: | "OK, 1147 and 167, I have a little too much to do for that sort of thing right now. I’ll leave it up to you guys to go over to company frequency and pass wind." | |
Source: Flight International 26 April - 2nd May 2005.
Last updated: 16 February 2015