Originally Posted by
BeechedJet
I’ll just say this, I’ve been corrected by ATC in ATL more in my career than probably all of the other airports I’ve operated into combined. I don’t know why that is, sometimes I feel like they’re splitting hairs with the things I’ve been told to repeat. They’re not wrong with the corrections, just one of those places that doesn’t let anything slide no matter what the circumstance.
Yet they’ll ask for “callsigns only” crossing multiple aircraft at once. Never been a fan of that one.
And for those saying the “champ” comment was uncalled for; was that the controller saying that or another pilot? The same guys meowing on guard tend to throw BS into #1 from time to time.