Delta pilot, Captain Happy, loses it on ATL ground

ERfly said:
And I'm not kidding about that. I bet I can pinpoint his hire date within a 2-year span.
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delta 24** .......- at around 1130z on the 25th. Wouldn't be too hard if someone wanted to figure it out..... KATL-Gnd-0927-Jul-25-2014-1100Z
 
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Derg said:
I've been subject of numerous "internet witch hunts" because of my online presence and I don't wish that on anyone. If he's not embarrassed for losing his cool already, no 'blanket party' is going to bring him to the light.
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Well, unless the guy already has a rep this sort of thing out of the blue can be an indicator of much more serious things than waking up on the wrong side of the bed. E.g, the pilot on the fedex flight a few years back that was videoed extending the gear at about 200' on final...captain had totally frozen up due to a previously undiagnosed brain tumor. Now if this cat already has a reputation, he's probably past saving...
 
Roger Roger said:
Well, unless the guy already has a rep this sort of thing out of the blue can be an indicator of much more serious things than waking up on the wrong side of the bed. E.g, the pilot on the fedex flight a few years back that was videoed extending the gear at about 200' on final...captain had totally frozen up due to a previously undiagnosed brain tumor. Now if this cat already has a reputation, he's probably past saving...
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True story.

A guy I flew with a bunch when our IAD base opened had that happen. Kind of a unique individual, but a nice guy. Not everybody "got" him, so he was on a lot of no fly lists. I didn't mind, he did his job and treated people with more respect than you could expect someone from NYC and Philly.

Eventually he started acting kind of erratic. Asking the same question twice. Asking you to "go walk around the ramp and supervise things. Sometimes it helps to have someone with stripes down there making sure things get done."

Was really strange. Turns out he had a brain tumor. Passed away a month or so ago after being out on medical for a while. One of those things where you don't suspect it at the time, but in hindsight it totally makes sense.
 
Screaming_Emu said:
True story.

A guy I flew with a bunch when our IAD base opened had that happen. Kind of a unique individual, but a nice guy. Not everybody "got" him, so he was on a lot of no fly lists. I didn't mind, he did his job and treated people with more respect than you could expect someone from NYC and Philly.

Eventually he started acting kind of erratic. Asking the same question twice. Asking you to "go walk around the ramp and supervise things. Sometimes it helps to have someone with stripes down there making sure things get done."

Was really strange. Turns out he had a brain tumor. Passed away a month or so ago after being out on medical for a while. One of those things where you don't suspect it at the time, but in hindsight it totally makes sense.
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I'm idly wondering if this was the same guy who keyed up and gave the ground controller at Home Base Int'l a bunch of guff about how if he didn't like what was happening, the controller could call his chief pilot—went as far as to read the name out on the frequency. I am, in fact, inclined to reserve judgment; there might be a good and serious reason why this guy is, in a word, snippy.

Just as we have "funny stuff on the radio," I could probably fill a good three or four pages with the "stupid stuff I've heard on the radio" too.
 
Kingairer said:
If you get hired...don't be this guy... http://archive-server.liveatc.net/katl/KATL-Gnd-0927-Jul-25-2014-1100Z.mp3 Starts at 30:20. (Found on other site).
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I swear I know that voice from Friday, probably the same trip. Center told him to descend via on the XXR arrival transition and I told him to expect a visual to YYY a parallel runway that terminated at his gate to save him a taxi. Absolutely lost his mind complaining about how he had to load new procedures in and re brief. You'd think I kicked his dog. I told him the procedure was exactly the same and for frequency land standards dude came unglued.
 
Maximillian_Jenius said:
Shouldn't he have gotten a number to call?
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I've heard FAR FAR worse attitudes on the freqs from pilots clearly having a bad day. Last hour of my Friday will get you a much different attitude than hour one Monday after a bad weekend.

Best controller quote I've ever heard in the TRACON was from a guy who just retired after 36 years.
Pilot arriving on downwind "What am I following?"
Controller "My instructions."
or
Airliner 1234 "what number are we?"
Controller "1234."

No attitude tone ever copped just like ATL ground.
 
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