KZ1000Shaft

My response would have been "I was cleared for all of runway xx, not the first half of runway xx. Next time tell me otherwise"

HaveTacitBlue

That's exactly what my CFI was biting back in the right seat. I haven't reached the point where I think I know enough to "talk back" to ATC.

I think it kinda started when DAB APR told me to expect 9R at MLB, so when I checked on with the MLB TWR guy and he said 9L, I questioned whether he meant 9R. I didn't care one way or another, but I had been told to expect 9R, so just assumed the TWR guy misspoke. It was a long way to be taxiing, burning up fuel and Hobbs!

Big Dog

Holding short for an extented period of time the capt transmitted accidentally, "Im so fuc ing tired", ATC responded "WHO SAID THAT?!!?" the capt replied "I said I was tired, not stupid"

KZ1000Shaft

MLB tower does kind of have people around there trained to think they have to ask for the whole runway.

Don't get me wrong though, if someone is behind you it is the curtious thing to get off the runway when able because that is what everyone else is expecting. It would be an @$$holeish thing to intentionally occupy the runway for much longer than needed causing someone behind you to go around. This doesnt mean you have to make a short field landing, slam it on, and nail the brakes so hard you flat spot your tires to make that turn off at 400' down the runway because someone behind you or in the tower failed to plan propperly.

POPA

The problem presented by an argument with ATC is that they decide when you get to move, and when you have to wait for a clearance.

freezingflyboy

Just remember to pick your spots. Don't "talk back" when you still need something from that controller or if you can be easily identified. A good trick is to have the pilot who hasn't been on the radio (ie CFI, PF, etc) make the smart-ass remark and hopefully the controller will think it was another aircraft. Sometimes controllers do bonehead things just like we do. Most controllers have a good sense of humor and don't get bent out of shape when you call em on something.

goarmy

anything that usually follows " Air Shuttle " or " Shuttle Craft " some of these guys are in the giddy stage of SJS and are really irritating.

Also, this skywest moron asked , after ATC had closed ALL southbounds....." awww com'on sir.....we just came from that way it wasnt that bad.....we can make it....let us go!" I really felt bed for the passengers on that plane!!! Thats what you get from a 2 year upgrade......moronic and UNSAFE behavior like that....sad

FlyerJosh

One of my favorites was when a Skywest CRJ asked for progressive taxi at ORD because the crew had never been there...

BoilerUP

Well, that's better than stopping....

WhiteH2O

Not really funny, more stupid than funny...

I had departed the pattern at my untowered airport but was still listening to the freq. Another CFI came out with a student and didn't hear anyone in the pattern (I was gone and no one else was making any calls) so they called that they were taxiing to rwy 19 (the calm wind runway, winds were 040@3). That is when another plane, who hadn't made any radio calls yet, called base for runway 01. The other CFI waited for the plane to do a touch and go, then called "Departing ACTIVE runway 19, straight out". A slight confrontation insued with the other traffic in the pattern, the other CFI stated that the calm wind runway was 19 not 01 and the winds were calm by definition. The other traffic (just now turning downwind) stated that the active runway was 01, despite the winds, because "THAT IS WHAT I AM SET UP FOR!!" Needless to say, we are in need of a tower. This type of thing happens fairly often.