Stupid AFD tricks ...

[pilot602]

One day I was bored (imagine that) and I was looking through the back of the "Southwest" (AZ, NV, etc) AFD and noticed a warning that, well, seemed pretty ridiculous. It was something along the lines of "Beware of FALSE ATC transmissions." WTF? Some loser has a Ham Radio/ Transciever out here in the desert issuing fake/false ATC instructions and it's been going on long enought to make it into the friggin AFD!?

Gotta love the FAA!

 

[secretapproach]

Hey man, don't knock ham radio! That was my first big hobby. We're geeks but we're nice geeks. And I never have to look at the dots and dashes on the charts to understand the VOR IDs. My instructors never really believed me that I understood it and double checked it with their charts.

 

[mtsu_av8er]

I actually heard of a guy that got arrested for sitting near the airport with his handheld giving false clearances to aircraft!!

 

[canuck goose]

Here's a funny one from the CFS (Canadian Flight Supplement - the Canuck AFD)

LONDON, ONTARIO SERVICES
CFR - 5 1130-0330Z, O/T 2 hrs PNR

Decoded: Crash, fire and rescue services: level 5. Available 1130Z to 0330Z; other times 2 hours prior notice required.

Let's try to keep that in mind next time we're planning to crash there

They've changed it now though...

 

[flycanuck]

I probably shouldn't be laughing, because this is where I will most likely do a lot of my training.

-FlyCanuck