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ATC discuss Mother in Law to 747
Posted: 07 Aug 2008, 14:54
by Nigel H-J
Came across this little gem on You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ola4nK0opeA
China Airlines getting slightly lost on instructions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j12L4jQg ... re=related
Regards
Nigel.
Re: ATC discuss Mother in Law to 747
Posted: 07 Aug 2008, 23:13
by Paul K
Good stuff. Love the mother-in-law one!
Re: ATC discuss Mother in Law to 747
Posted: 08 Aug 2008, 01:19
by nigelb
Thanks for those links - I listened to some other JFK ground contollers as well and I am getting the impression they are a bunch of imapatient clowns. This is fairly long but listen to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyO-bWGx ... re=related
I hope I don't have to fly out of JFK anytime soon!
Re: ATC discuss Mother in Law to 747
Posted: 08 Aug 2008, 02:12
by Garry Russell
I read recently that JFK is a very difficult airport with a complex array of taxyways so this sort of thing can happen more easily.
Garry
Re: ATC discuss Mother in Law to 747
Posted: 08 Aug 2008, 07:24
by airboatr
Re: ATC discuss Mother in Law to 747
Posted: 08 Aug 2008, 15:23
by nigelb
Garry Russell wrote:I read recently that JFK is a very difficult airport with a complex array of taxyways so this sort of thing can happen more easily.
Garry
Gary, absolutly right - it is a very complex taxiway system, but I have to assume that any controller assigned to JFK is not a rookie.
That said it appears to me that for the most part the pilots are far more professional than the controllers. I also think a little more understanding towards those whose native language is not English would be helpful on the part of the controllers. Besides, New Yorkers murder English so no wonder foreign pilots have a hard time understanding them!
Ducking........ where did I put my hat and coat?