Maybe some of the veterans are undoubtedly familiar with the Frequent Flyer Crier website: http://FrequentFlier.com
and with humor the on it. The proprietor may be a poster here. But I was just completely knocked out (ROFL, almost literally) with what I just read on the e-mail issue I just received.

This is just a sample:

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Humor in the Control Tower
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The following are accounts of actual exchanges between airlines
and control towers from around the world:

A DC-10 had an exceedingly long roll out after landing with his approach speed just a little too high.

San Jose Tower: "American 51 heavy, turn right at the end if able. If not able, take the Guadeloupe exit off of Highway 101 and make a right at the light to return to the airport.

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Tower: "Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on 124.7." (124.7 would be the radio frequency for Departure Control).

Eastern 702: "Tower, Eastern 702 switching to Departure... By the way, after we lifted off, we saw some kind of dead animal on the far end of the runway."

Tower: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on 124.7; did you copy the report from Eastern?"

Continental 635: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff. Roger; and yes, we copied Eastern and we've already notified our caterers."

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Take a look. I plan to buy the book. (Sorry if this is "old news".)



[This message has been edited by kappa (edited 08-17-2000).]

Is the moral of the joke, "Continental" has exotic cuisine!

As funny as these quotes are, I'd prefer Pilots and Controllers to limit themselves to professional communications during active operations.

Actually Dauphin, I would prefer for the pilots and tower to have a bit of fun. I had a friend who "retired" from UA early because he was just not challenged by flying, despite the fact that he had reached the big jets. He said it in general was a fairly boring job and compared it to driving a truck. This is why I don't mind a bit of fun it keeps everyone a little more alert and thinking.

Funny stuff.

Boy they must be OLD if they are reffering to EASTERN airlines!

They were gobbled up by CO .. what 10 years or so ago now?

[This message has been edited by ozstamps (edited 08-17-2000).]

And then there was the one about Bill and...oh, nevermind, I thought it said "Hillary's Communications."