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Old 06-07-2015 | 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by ClickClickBoom
Your time on line will amuse me to no end, the fine example was yesterday during a UAL bank departure.
F/O-"Ground good morning this is Skywest 6345, sitting at gate 80, we have information bravo, we would like to push and start engines.
Ground-I don't have a 6345,
13 other F/O mainline, regional and a medivac try to call at the same time for push/taxi.
In the nanosecond where there was no radio carrier on the air mr 6345, keys up and says "sorry about that ground, we are Skywest 367V asitting at gate 80, we have information bravo, we would like to push and start engines.
Ground-"Skywest 367V standby for 5 minutes I will call you"
While I paraphrased some and changed the call signs to protect the guilty, I must thank the 175 F/O and his Captain, I have not been entertained like that in a long time, one guy completely balling up an entire airports ground operation, the cascading domino effect was classic. It was 5 minutes of pure chaos!
Maybe if they didn't use those call signs on literally every other leg that wouldn't happen, besides he just banked another 5 mins of block good on him.