This guy always makes for a humorous experience at times of the push!
Had a leg up there going to DTW in a Lear, wx was down.
New F/O, it was his leg, so I had him file. Good experience I figured.
F/O (obviously not from the NE), for some reason I've yet to understand, filed (unbeknownst to me) Direct.
I went out to get the clearance.. managed to chime in between everyone else. The guy comes back, and sounded just like this guy.
In his best accent... Hey, N1234.. I seee yaa filed Direct! Is that what you want?"
I dropped my pen!
Afraid to say anything, thinking.. you've GOT to be kidding me!
So, I humbly answered, "well, if thats what we can get, sir."
He responded :
"Ya know, you boys back West really crack us up out heahh!! Now get a pen, and get ready to write!"
Needless to say, we ended up with a full route clearance that hit every intersection, radial dme, to a fix, etc.
I just had to sit there and laugh.
He never filed that again!! Not even from ICT to Emporia.
The NE'stn corridor dudes know they're stuff and I have to reitterate Jetjoks post. He's doing just fine, normal day for him.
Although I saw this on an earlier post, still great to listen to it again. Thnx.