Oh Delta...why oh why?

I can't wait til my student-pilot ass (you can totally, etc. etc.) is on the same freq as @Seggy during a cross country or something. He's gonna love the drivel I come out with on the mic. :D
 
Seggy said:
Holding short of 23R in RDU waiting for Departure.

Delta: "Delta 123 Visual 23R"

RDU Tower: "Delta 123 cleared to land"

Delta: "Delta 123 cleared to land, can you turn up the lights please?"

(It was 17:37 local)

RDU Tower: "Ahhhh, OK"

Delta: "Yep, we are doing a practice CAT III Autoland and want the lights up."

Me (thinking to myself): WHAT IN THE BLOODY HELL

They were in a 737-800 and I know at my place you can do a CAT III Autoland any time even during the day with no lights on. Why, if you are doing a practice CAT III Autoland, do you need the lights? What is the policy at your place @Kingairer ? What is it like at the airline formerly known as AirTran @ATN_Pilot ?
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Richman said:
The two golden rules of taxiing at ORD:

1) Don't Stop
2) Don't hit anything

Everything else seems to be pretty negotiable.

Richman
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On the Brasilia in LAX, we vacated the south side, and taxied into T8 one fine evening without talking to anyone but the ramp tower. Ground got ahold of us just as we were turning in - "Buzzsaw 5155, Los Angeles Ground, taxi to the gate, thanks, good day."

We figured it was better to do that, than stop in the face of a 767-300ER and wait for the (somewhat obvious) instruction. And they were too busy untangling a standoff between Air China, China Eastern, and American down at the other end of the airport.

In fact, the only time that I've heard ORD read someone a phone number was when an Airline Canada Lite/Express/Whatever They Are Now stopped between the inner and the outer...
 
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