Originally Posted by
Sliceback
Geez, talking about making a mountain out of a molehill. Intl w/b crew descending into JFK over NJ -
ATC - "gentlemen, look at the front window. That is the sovereign state of New Jersey. The speed limit below 10,000' is 250 kts."
The guys look at each other for a second "huh???" and look at their speed. 320 KIAS, and moving nicely. "Oops, any problem?"
ATC - "nah. Welcome back."
ATC humor one TRW filled summer afternoon from the MIA Center controller working the south/west arrivals over SSCOT.
Guy is doing a great job blasting heading and speed clearances to 20 different aircraft, most AA with a Gulfstream thrown in the pack.
ATC:"AA1TURN RIGHT180SLOW250AA2TURNLEFT090SLOW270
GULFSTREAMXYZSLOWTO250"
Couple minutes later.....
ATC: "Gulfstream XYZ, say speed"
G1159: "250 assigned"
ATC: "Good, your 250K is 40kts faster than everybody else's, slow to 210"
