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Thread #63912   Message #1041860
Posted By: HuwG
25-Oct-03 - 10:44 PM
Thread Name: French humor and US lack thereof- Pilots
Subject: RE: French humor and US lack thereof- Pilots
The Rhein-Main incident has gone into aviation history. The offending aircraft was supposedly a British Airways Boeing 747, callsign "Speedbird 206".

How about this one :

While taxiing at London Gatwick, the crew of a USAir flight departing for Ft. Lauderdale made a wrong turn and came nose to nose with a United 727. An irate female ground controller lashed out at the USAir crew, screaming, "USAir 2771, where the hell are you going ? I told you to turn right onto Charlie taxiway. You turned right on Delta. Stop right there ! I know it's difficult for you to tell the difference between C and D, but get it right !" Continuing her rage to the embarrassed crew, she was now shouting hysterically: "God ! Now you've screwed everything up! It'll take forever to sort this out. You stay right there and don't move till I tell you to ! You can expect progressive taxi instructions in about half an hour and I want you to go exactly where I tell you, when I tell you, and how I tell you! You got that, USAir 2771 ?"
"USAir 2771, yes, ma'am", the humbled crew responded. Naturally, the ground control communications frequency fell terribly silent after the verbal bashing of USAir 2771. Nobody wanted to chance engaging the irate ground controller in her current state of mind. Tension in every cockpit in Gatwick was definitely running high. Just then an unknown pilot asked, "Wasn't I married to you once ?"