My favorite Ch 9 story, which at least some of you may get:

UA962: United 8162 checking in flight level 350
Center: Denver Center roger
[brief pause]
UA962: View sure is beautiful up here
[another pause]
Center: The view doen't change much down here
UA962: [Without missing a beat] I guess you must not be the lead dog

For the uninitiated, it's not uncommon for a flight to have a different callsign that the flight number on your ticket - it happens if the number is in use elsewhere in the system. UA962 (8amLAX-IAD) was always 8162.