See You Next time?
10-25-2009 | 10:56 PM
#11
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Okay, so I have been flying for about 10 years now, so I am not that fresh off of the turnip truck. Today I was talking to a controller in Chicago and I said, See You Next Time to her. The guy I was talking to started laughing, and said.. Do NOT say that to a female ATC. He said that a controller friend of his said that they take offense to it because its code for C U Next Time... Take the first letters of the Next and Time, and you should get the idea.
Have any of you heard of this? Or is this controller friend of his, grossly misinterpreting friendliness. It sure was news to me. However, we had a good laugh either way.
Have any of you heard of this? Or is this controller friend of his, grossly misinterpreting friendliness. It sure was news to me. However, we had a good laugh either way.
10-26-2009 | 07:24 AM
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What if im flying south to north and im currently over Fort Wayne, Indiana south of michigan. Then i look at my radar and see weather up ahead and I say to a female controller.. Hey can I "Fly Up and Circle Kalamazoo North Or West." Will I get in trouble because she think I want to Frick her now?
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10-26-2009 | 07:38 AM
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From: DHC-8 CA Furloughed
I heard about this in the mid to late 90's. A good friend of mine was a union official and his management counterpart was a female. As they were wrapping up, he said, "See you next time".
She wigged out and tried to file a harrassment claim. My buddy and I had never heard of this code before and he certainly never meant anything along those lines. Her complaint went nowhere.
She wigged out and tried to file a harrassment claim. My buddy and I had never heard of this code before and he certainly never meant anything along those lines. Her complaint went nowhere.
10-26-2009 | 08:31 AM
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From: B757/767
Flying the DC9 is a love/hate thing for me. I think it's a stable, easy to trim, easy to hand fly at any altitude airplane. It descends fast if you need it to, short approaches are very do-able, and landing it is a challenge everytime because it does not have a trailing link gear & does have some very effective spoilers. That's all the love stuff.
The hate stuff is that it's hot & stuffy in the summer, ergonomically UNfriendly,(lots of places to scrape hands & hit your head/legs) & overall a very fatigue inducing airplane. In short, it really whoops your butt
after a 4/5 day trip.
I think we have about 68 DC9s left at NWA. That's down from over 160 in the 1990's, & it looks like we may be down to 33 by the end of 2010.
The hate stuff is that it's hot & stuffy in the summer, ergonomically UNfriendly,(lots of places to scrape hands & hit your head/legs) & overall a very fatigue inducing airplane. In short, it really whoops your butt
after a 4/5 day trip.
I think we have about 68 DC9s left at NWA. That's down from over 160 in the 1990's, & it looks like we may be down to 33 by the end of 2010.
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