FlyCMI,
Originally Posted by FlyCMI
Hey MEM_ATC Thanks for all the hard work at night. I flew in Nightly as USC483 then as the copilot on USC101. I miss going through there at night. Hopefully I can get back there soon. Tell John that I said hi. He still holds the record for us working 125.8 HLI VOR to the Signature Ramp in 6 mins. You all are the best.
Thanks for the kind words. I'll tell John that you said "hello". He's still working the midnight shift, and I doubt that we'll ever be able to pry him from those shifts.
On a USC note... I've always had pretty good luck with the USC drivers all over the country. I'm not sure what type of "in-briefing" you guys get when you start flying into a particular airport, but it seems like the new guys quickly catch on to what ATC needs in order to help them get in and out as quickly as possible.
There was one USC pilot at SDF when the runways were still 19 and 29, and he would depart 19 and be established on his northeast departure heading
prior to reaching the centerline of Runway 29... which was full of UPS inbound traffic.
I was always scared that he was going to hit the tower!
All of the land and hold short operations... land long with quick turn-off's at the end... immediate departure turns when hitting gaps... it was lots of fun.
MEM_ATC