PHL ATC.... professionalism??

[deadstick]

I gave a guy a clearance into TEB with "6 miles from DANDY turn left 090 etc..." and instead of reading back or bothering to turn he chips in all pissed off sounding "we're not 6 miles from DANDY we're 2 miles from VINGS!" So I just calmly replied, "yes sir, and VINGS is 4 miles from DANDY."

This pilot's library includes:

Common Core: Flight School Edition
Children of the Magenta Line, A Pilot's Failure of Situational Awareness
Idiot's Guide to the FMS: You Really Only Need One Page
Brief an Approach? That's for Pansies

What's missing:

Attention to Detail -- It Can Save Your Life

 

[AAPalmTree]

Why do we care when someone swears on the radio? It's not like young children are buzzing around in the cockpit. I'm sure people swear all the time in offices all around America.

Sure. Why don't we just pee on the sidewalk too?

 

[obx]

I gave a guy a clearance into TEB with "6 miles from DANDY turn left 090 etc..." and instead of reading back or bothering to turn he chips in all pissed off sounding "we're not 6 miles from DANDY we're 2 miles from VINGS!" So I just calmly replied, "yes sir, and VINGS is 4 miles from DANDY."

There's no shortage of these types of personalities on both sides of the mic. In fact, I'd acquiesce that there's probably more in the cockpit than the TRACONs or ARTCCs. With very few exceptions, I've had overwhelmingly positive experiences with US controllers. It's so much easier to keep it professional. And, in the rare case that you feel like something was mishandled, there are much better ways to remedy it than editorializing on frequency.

 

[NovemberEcho]

Sure. Why don't we just pee on the sidewalk too?

You don't?

 

[Quarryman]

When it comes to open mic night there are two kinds:

1) Those that have
2) Those that will

Stuff happens. I remember one SWA pilot's rant. I certainly wouldn't get a phone number or report it. If all I'm called is a f'ng idiot in the course of a day than I'd say I'm doing pretty well.

 

[BigZ]

Sure. Why don't we just pee on the sidewalk too?

We don't?

You don't?

Damn.

 

[Skåning]

It's not like young children are buzzing around in the cockpit.

Well...

 

[NovemberEcho]

Well...

Yes.

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

He wears long sleeves. Capt. Oveur was on a lot of avoid bid lists.

 

[RetiredATLATC]

Had a controller here last week get threatened by a 747 captain, who refused numerous ATC instructions, that "his tribe was bigger than the controllers, and he would make sure to have him taken care of".

 

[🦈💜]

Didn't they dismantle travelbot too?

Yes, and it breaks my heart.

 

[Cptnchia]

Sure. Why don't we just pee on the sidewalk too?

You got a sidewalk in the cockpit?

 

[AAPalmTree]

You got a sidewalk in the cockpit?

No, but sometimes it feels like I'm biting the curb when I'm locked in there all night.

 

[A150K]

The city of unbrotherly love

 

[RobertB]

I gave a guy a clearance into TEB with "6 miles from DANDY turn left 090 etc..." and instead of reading back or bothering to turn he chips in all pissed off sounding "we're not 6 miles from DANDY we're 2 miles from VINGS!" So I just calmly replied, "yes sir, and VINGS is 4 miles from DANDY."

You're nicer than I. The guy would've been told to continue that left turn to 320 and resequenced to the airport.

 

[MikeD]

I'm impressed with controllers. I would lose my cool with the foreign carriers in lax/NY.

Just spend a day at DVT tower or CGZ CTAF, and learn what comm jamming is really all about.

 

[MikeD]

You're nicer than I. The guy would've been told to continue that left turn to 320 and resequenced to the airport.

"Put your compass on W and get the hell out of my airspace"

 

[JetDoc]

The ground controllers at LAX have been particularly douchey as of late. Lots of passive-aggressiveness.

 

[AAPalmTree]

Just spend a day at DVT tower or CGZ CTAF, and learn what comm jamming is really all about.

I agree. Use to eat downstairs and sit up there on the deck at DVT when we lived in AZ.

 

[mshunter]

He wears long sleeves. Capt. Oveur was on a lot of avoid bid lists.

That alone is a good reason for PBS.