Oh Delta XXVI - Delta pilot calls controller an idiot

jhugz said:
I’ve gotten to the point where I try to monitor guard until I hear the first nonsense and then it’s off for the rest of the flight. I’m not sure if I’ve gotten off the ground with it monitored once this month.
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That’s been one of my favorite parts of transitioning to a late night flying schedule. The cats go to sleep once the sun goes down. Just blissful silence, broken only by Center waking me up 100 miles past TOD.
 
derg said:
I think it was a figure of speech. Who listens to ATIS anymore? :)
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“Anywhere Approach, ZoomyJet 42, descending out of two-seven-zero on the Get Me In Arrival with Kilo, requesting runway one-right.”

“Roger. Anywhere is landing one-right, confirm you have kilo.”
 
Stone Cold said:
It’s supposedly an old freight dawg trick. I never did it, but I’m sure people tried it.
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All good! You know it’s be more convenience than digging through a bunch of drop down menus on the 350.

The interface is “Rebirth of Apple Lisa” sometimes.

(LOOK IT UP Gen Z! Wikipedia broke? :))
 
phill1174 said:
Between the shenanigans on guard and the 5% of controllers out there (everywhere has the 5%) I just assume that foreign pilots loathe flying to the US. We were headed to Philly last week and Discover was looking for a frequency on guard. Some jack___ kept saying “you’re on guard”. To the point where this German voice comes back and says “I know I’m on guard”.
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It seems east coast pilots and controllers in the east coast need a tune up. Just on that side a couple days ago and it’s nearly impossible to monitor guard. Why is the west coast much better in guard etiquette?
 
Cessnaflyer said:
It seems east coast pilots and controllers in the east coast need a tune up. Just on that side a couple days ago and it’s nearly impossible to monitor guard. Why is the west coast much better in guard etiquette?
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Just a guess, but probably because there’s a fraction of the traffic out west compared to the northeast.
 
derg said:
I think it was a figure of speech. Who listens to ATIS anymore? :)
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Who am I kidding, I just set an iPhone alarm for 30 mins out…

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I wish I had an AP while flying freight, if I fell asleep I just cratered a clapped out metro into some patch of desert along the border.
 
derg said:
That gave me flashbacks. LGA and JFK are super good at handing out the jabs, but when one flies the other direction, it’s the end of the world. Not all heroes wear capes.

I wouldn’t endorse handling it that way at all, however, with the DOT rules we just can’t hang out “six to midnight” or whatever the controller said and no, the dispatcher probably doesn’t have delay information else you’d be back at the gate and off the DOT clock.
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Nuclear option is to just shut em down and tell him you’re dealing with the fuel situation. 😃
 
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