Originally Posted by
Crazy Canuck
Heard a controller ask two a/c for best forward speed. The first came back "American XXX I'm going balls to the wall here." The second came back, and a very female voice went "United XXX, well I can't go balls to the wall, but I can go wide open." Unidentified: "...Is United hiring?"
A while back at LFPG a CRJ driver neglected to read back his clearance properly twice, later on readback taxi instructions correctly. Came back a minute later and requesting a progressive taxi.