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Old 08-12-2009 | 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by avi8tor4life
Flew into milwaukee today.....we followed one of those Republic planes in. It was a 170 and the moron in tower gave us a wake turbulence advisory. We were in a crj!

From the Air Traffic Control manual, FAA Order JO 7110.65S:

2-1-20 WAKE TURBULENCE CAUTIONARY ADVISORIES
[...]
b. Issue cautionary information to any aircraft if in
your opinion, wake turbulence may have an adverse
effect on it.

(empahsis added)
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Little did the controller know that the most adverse effect would be on the ego of the pilot in the subject aircraft.

Last edited by corl737; 08-12-2009 at 10:54 PM.
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