Originally Posted by
Deez340
Yea the United Captain sounded foreign and the FO was a woman. The controller (who was as if not more stupid than the crew, in fact she probably should never have been allowed to control aircraft again, it was that bad. "hey aircraft saying your on the active runway in 1200 RVR, shut up I'm trying to take some planes off here" I'm paraphrasing but that's pretty close. No joke) was a woman as well. (True Story) Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Yes, I remember that they reported to her that they think their nose was on or close to a RWY. She told an a/c to take off and then shortly after the crew reported they heard engines go by and that they sounded really close. Then she told another a/c to take off and they refused. She berated both for not doing as they were told. I think this is the same incident you are talking about.
If anyone can find the ATC clip I would love to hear it again. They showed it in ground school at SKW.
She was unbelievable! Someone said that she is still working! God help us all!