Thursday, January 18, 2007

Jawohl

A Pan Am 727 flight, waiting for start clearance in Munich , overheard the following:

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I like the one I've read before (you can find it in many places on the internet.)
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The German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempered lot. They not only expect one to know one's gate parking location, but how to get there without any assistance from them.

So it was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747, call sign Speedbird 206.

Speedbird 206: "Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of active runway."

Ground: "Speedbird 206 Taxi to gate Alpha One-Seven."

The BA 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop.

Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?"

Speedbird 206: "Stand by, Ground, I'm looking up our gate location now."

Ground (with quite arrogant impatience): "Speedbird 206, have you not been to Frankfurt before?"

Speedbird 206 (coolly): "Yes, twice in 1944, but it was dark, -- And I didn't land."

Rodger the Real King of France said...

AWK - That was next.

B....... said...

Hmmmm........Deja Vu

Bob Hawkins said...

My favorite ATC icebreaker:

"Unknown airport being circled by Cessna 320, please identify yourself."

Anonymous said...

Looks like SFO, which can land about 60 planes per hour using dual runways, 28L & 28R.

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