Old 09-12-2009 | 07:26 PM
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plasticpi
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Not so much funny, but amusing anyway:

Last week, approaching Houston, with storms covering DAS and surrounding area. In other words, it was any given summer day. Everyone is asking for deviations, controllers and pilots alike are stressed.

We were below an Air France 777 on the same arrival, being overtaken slowly by the heavy, but on different frequencies.

App: Colgan, turn left heading 180.
Us: Unable due to weather.
App: Ok, then expedite down to 3 thousand, Air France turned without telling us.
Us: Expedite to 3 thousand.

Shortly thereafter, we see a windscreen full of 777 turning across our path at our previous altitude.

A few minutes later, after we joined the localizer for 26L, new controller:

App: Colgan, decend and maintain 2,000, Traffic that was supposed to overfly and go to 27 is joining 26L.

Us: 2,000...

App: It's Air France. I believe they've already tried to run you over once.

Us: Oui.
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