Pilot Slang on Radios

The Caribbean is an interesting place to hear strange terminology.

"Say Level Leaving"
"Line up and Wait"
"Cleared to land on runway tree-tree"
 
Never call it "TCAS". Only use the proper terminology "Fish Finder" or, my personal favorite, "The Metal Detector"
 
I heard:

Tower: XXX position and Hold Runway XX
Citation10: We'll pull it out and hold it.

In Farmington one day...
 
"PDK ground, cessna one-niner-seven-six-foxtrot. Ready to taxi with uniform, VFR to Charlie Brown"

Naunga
 
subpilot said:
How about when you are at an uncontrolled airport and people are having discussions about their weekend and how so and so is doing?
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This goes on at GTU more than I can handle, if you want to talk to someone, call them on the phone, why do you need to horde the radio for personal conversation when in the mean time, someone could be wanting to announce their position for entry.
 
GSMPilot said:
This goes on at GTU more than I can handle, if you want to talk to someone, call them on the phone, why do you need to horde the radio for personal conversation when in the mean time, someone could be wanting to announce their position for entry.
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I think you can judge the amount of congestion on the CTAF.
at my old airport, people'd ask, "Hey, what kinda engine ya got?" and stuff like that, and it seems the respondant would usually pause before answering.
 
Screaming_Emu said:
I've heard "Sioux xx taxi into position and hold"
"roger, sioux xx assuming the position"
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Well you won't hear that anymore. I got a little education from an Orlando controller today. Due to an accident being blamed on the controller for someone who went in to position and hold on the wrong runway (not the one assigned) the NATCO leaders have issued the directive - "No more position and hold because we don't want the liability."

Repeat, this is not from the FAA, this is from NATCO!

(At least that's what I was told today)
 
Memphis Center once called my call sign N567 Middle Tennessee, instead of N567 Mike Tango. It made me laugh, which is what I needed.
 
Doug Taylor said:
Yup!

I've on the radio, I've heard heard "scarebus" (A-320), "mad dog" (MD-88/90), "mighty dog" (MD-11), "fluff" (737), "barbie jet" (CRJ) and "skippy jet" (CRJ), "taco jet" (ERJ).
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...don't forget "pencil jet" (the KHOU controller's name for ERJ) as well as "jungle jet" and "teenager jet," in account of the many first officers hired by regional airlines barely over 18.
 
GSMPilot said:
This goes on at GTU more than I can handle, if you want to talk to someone, call them on the phone, why do you need to horde the radio for personal conversation when in the mean time, someone could be wanting to announce their position for entry.
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probably quinn in his pretty little 182.
 
Mr_Creepy said:
Well you won't hear that anymore. I got a little education from an Orlando controller today. Due to an accident being blamed on the controller for someone who went in to position and hold on the wrong runway (not the one assigned) the NATCO leaders have issued the directive - "No more position and hold because we don't want the liability."

Repeat, this is not from the FAA, this is from NATCO!

(At least that's what I was told today)
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If they get rid of position and hold at major airports, chaos will ensue... Could you imagine the "money lines" if we couldn't tee up first?

Speaking of money lines, that is another pilot slang term...

G
 
We often use an approach/departure frequency of 119.0 and a few pilots say "ninteen nuthin'" when they readback the handoff. Faster than saying "one one niner decimal zero" I guess.


Mike
 
I have heard the metal detector for the TCAS a number of times, my fav.

"Cessna 6472P wind 126/20"

"Thanks for passing wind"
 
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