Some people can be such tight wads with rules. Yes, the other guy should have been using runway 19 if thats the calm wind runway. But at an untowered airport with aircraft using another runway, that other runway, by definition, becomes the active runway. Sure, advise the other traffic that in calm winds they should use runway 19 because they may not be familiar. Is it that big a deal if they want to use runway 01 (The winds were favoring it after all. Can you really tell windspeed accurately when you are looking at a windsock? I don't trust automatic weather stations implicitly.)? If they couldn't work out a compromise, the best course of action would have been for the CFI and student to use runway 01 and avoid the potential conflict rather than get into a pis$ing match on the CTAF with another pilot. You're right: not really funny, just kind of stupid. Remember, there is nothing in the FARs, the AIM, policies or procedures that precludes the use of common sense.

Thats because common sense is not so commen.

THATS actually pretty smart!

Not really heard on the radio or funny, but a great story:

I was overnighting in binghamton, ny and in the morning went down stairs for the van. There were all of these cops around and I asked what was going on and the guy working the desk told me they were investigating an "incident" that happened last night. I overheard a cop talking and he kept mentioning a "first officer" and that he had questioned him. I thought that it might be one of our (pdt) crews got a little too rowdy last night.

When we got to the airport the station manager told us that all morning the cops had been trying to arrest this Northwest Airlink captain and kept missing him. They finally caught up to him AFTER they had the plane fully boarding, and the cops proceded to pull him out of the flightdeck and arrest him on the spot.

We had a bunch of their passengers going out and I really had to contain myself from making an announcement that I would probably regret, something like "Thanks for flying Piedmont Airlines, where we don't get caught"

Ever find out what they wanted to arrest the guy for?

nope .

Hahaha...
That controller is one of my best friends...

other classics made by or to him...

while working gnd

sioux 22 on wrong comm: "Practice area charlie. Sioux 22 is in the northwest corner of the practice area at 3500. any traffic please advise, charlie."
Gnd: "I've got sioux 55 and sioux sioux 87 taxing on bravo and sioux 96 holding short of 26 on alpha."

again working gnd one night during the world series.

mesaba: hey gnd. you guys got a score for the game?"
gnd: "sure. the yankees lost!"
mesaba:"oh... "
gnd:"ya... I guess steinbrenner didn't write enough checks."
(I was cryin)

and working tower.

Sioux 57: "GFK tower, sioux 57. Do you have time for a question?"
Twr:"go ahead."
Sioux 57 in best special ed voice:" Tower, Do you like jello? YAY!!!!"
twr: (several attempts to talk through laughter. all fail.)

He had some other really good ones, but I can't remember them right now. :D

Thought I'd bring this back to the top, see If I can keep the thread alive:D

Only funny because things turned out okay:

Heard on MIA center:
female crying (fc): I wanna talk to Harold!
MIA:Calling Miami, say again
fc: I wanna talk to Harold!
mia: ma'am, this is MIA center, who are you and who is Harold?
fc (still sobbing): I'm Jane. Harold is my flight instructor
mia: okay Jane, can you tell me where you are?
fc: I dont know where I am, thats why I wanna talk to Harold!
mia(soothing voice): okay Jane, its okay. I'm gonna help you. Can you tell me what you see?
fc: all I see is white!

long story not so long, MIA gort her out of the clouds and vectored her down.

My firt time in ORD after landing I contacted gnd and reported clear of the active, taxi to gate xx "unfamiliar." The controller said, "You see that American MD-80?" "Afirm," I replied. "Follow him, I'll call your turn." came the response.