Originally Posted by
Skyone
Whatever happened to "grumpy" in ATL? All the controllers said he was nothing like he sounded on the radio.
He too retired if you're referring to "Smily'. If you ever noticed he was usually the arrival controller when the weather was down. Years ago if you went to the FAA web site for ATL FSDO they had a link for celebrity controllers. Click that and Buzz & Smily's pictures appeared!
When I was in indoc in '89 we visited ATL Tower & ATL Center. One of our guys asked the supervisor if 'Smily' was working. The supervisor leans back towards the controllers working the scopes and says, "hey a--hole, some pilots want to meet you".