Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
Maybe I forgot to say this. The kicker is the control thought it was odd too. When I wrote it all down and replied I looked at bossman like wtf?? and the same instant I did that the control said "Hey it's strait from houston, not from me". We were still on with albuquerque. I know we were about to be handed off to Houston but that was for another 10 min or so and we were right ontop of the mexican border in the middle of the desert. Just thought it was all strange. Didn't see any UFO's though
I'm getting a little lost now. You say that you were flying, talking to ATC, and writing down the clearance? What was this so-called 25,000 hour professional in the other seat doing? If he had availed himself to doing something other than folding his arms and watching you squirm, you wouldn't have been as behind the airplane. I'm just not sure I get it.