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Had a Chicago Center guy clear me direct to "tha Zoo" enroute to Kalamazoo.
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Originally Posted by Diesel1030
(Post 406954)
Flown into Denver and had the Seeeya guy while on a XC in UPT. As other guys would get handed off they would give their Seeyah's back to him and he seemed to enjoy it. My IP said I had to make it sound cool when it was our turn to get handed off. Sure enough we get handed off and I just totally butcher it. He said nice one and have a good day. It was comicical in the jet..definitely thought about my radio call a little bit too hard that day!
That guy really seems to enjoy his job though.:cool: |
The "SeeeeeYa" Started in DFW and then migrated to ATL with the closing of the DFW base for ASA......It def. adds some fun to an otherwise routine day...plus it cracks most others up who've not heard it before
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Originally Posted by Aviatormar
(Post 406637)
Listen closely and you'll hear the Mrs. Cleo in her voice, its wonderful.
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C-yaaaaaa is a Mesaba thing with DTW ATC to. Always brings a smile, cause I swear they only do it with us.
15 years ago there was a DAB controller who sounded like Kit from Knight Rider. MSP has a girl on approach that has smokin, sultry voice. Everytime I hear her the thoughts I have would make Jenna Jameson blush. |
The best controller I know is the good ground controller in LGA he always keeps his cool and keeps the traffic moving. The woman that does ground there could screw up one guy in the pattern on a VFR day.
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Originally Posted by McNasty
(Post 407071)
The "Good one girl" is different from miss cleo.
Really? Ok, I stand corrected. I guess I have to pick up some more LGA flying to hear the difference then. Thanks man. |
There was a lady working Sarajevo (Bosnia) approach that had this very dark, serious, sharp, eastern european tone in her voice... until you started being friendly to her on the radio. She immediately changed to a surprised, flattered, flirtatious tone and I was always left with the impression that I could get any thing (flight related) that I wanted.
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Originally Posted by willflyforcash
(Post 406751)
MIA Tower/Ground girl. The chick who sounds like she has braces still.
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Originally Posted by EMBFlyer
(Post 406949)
Ah, Franklin. I miss him...
"Colgan 5024, Cleared to Norfolk, LaGardia (sic) Niner Departure witha Whitestone Climb..." No one has mentioned IAH, yet. IAH Tower...we had Happy Richard. No matter how bad a day it was, he was always in a good mood and always made you smile. I think he just retired a few months ago. Great guy. IAH Approach...Axe! Everybody that's ever flown in and out of IAH has had to have talked to Axe. You'd know him better as the Jetlincoln guy. He had the greatest phrases, such as: Pencil Jet (E145) Bent-Wing Pencil Jet (E145XR) Hoover (737) Super Hoover (737-800) Super Dooper Hoover (737-900) He always told you to go fast no matter where you were coming in from. He'd keep your speed above 300 as long as he could. He could move some airplanes. He retired about a year or so ago. My favorite memory of him was coming in from AEX very early in the morning, like before 6 or so. It was still dark and there were very few airplanes in the sky. Axe was working all sectors. I heard him talking to someone else as we got the handoff, so I checked in as "Jetlincoln 2XXX..." He always seemed to like it. Southwest checked on climbing out of HOU. His response was, "Southwest 902, Houston Departure, good morning. Proceed direct Whatchu Talkin' 'Bout." Southwest keyed the mike but didn't say anything. A few seconds later they queried the fix name. Axe responded with, "Southwest 902, cleared direct Whatchu Talkin' 'Bout WLLIS." Next thing you hear is..."Oh! Ah...Huh huh. Direct WLLIS, 902. That was funny." He responded with, "I know." Years ago, Long Beach ATIS sounded like a 900 $#x line, we all joked she sounded so ....., so must have looked horrible, etc. On our last flight of the week we mentioned to ground we enjoyed ATIS all week, a corporate jet turning next to us piped up she "looked as hot as her voice" , The ground controller, replied "yep". Wished we had gone up to the tower <g> |
Originally Posted by POPA
(Post 406645)
The female controllers at LGA have an absolutely amazing knack for mucking up the entire traffic flow within minutes of starting their shift.
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It's a toss up between the DEN ARTCC "WE'LL SEEEE YAAAAA" Guy and Boston's "Thank You" Guy.
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The center controller in the LAS region was pretty cool. I asked him if I could do a 360 around the Hoover Dam so my pax could see it. He replied, "You're cleared for the Dam tour."
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Originally Posted by xjsaab
(Post 407218)
C-yaaaaaa is a Mesaba thing with DTW ATC to. Always brings a smile, cause I swear they only do it with us.
15 years ago there was a DAB controller who sounded like Kit from Knight Rider. MSP has a girl on approach that has smokin, sultry voice. Everytime I hear her the thoughts I have would make Jenna Jameson blush. |
There is a guy in Houston Center with a real raspy voice, who always responds "Mesaba 3XXX, Houston Center, rrrroggaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh" when I check in with him. Cracks me up.
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Originally Posted by Tinpusher007
(Post 408078)
There is a guy in Houston Center with a real raspy voice, who always responds "Mesaba 3XXX, Houston Center, rrrroggaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh" when I check in with him. Cracks me up.
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Originally Posted by CRJDriver
(Post 408083)
So, you are the guy who says..."Houston Center, Mesaba 3XXX, CHECKING IN, FL350?":rolleyes:
But is it "uncool" to say "checking in"? |
Originally Posted by Tinpusher007
(Post 408087)
No...
But is it "uncool" to say "checking in"? |
Originally Posted by CRJDriver
(Post 408089)
No, but I love creating drama on APC:p
If you must... |
What about the San Juan controller, ex Marine who always had a "welcome back" or "semper fi"
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Speaking of IAH, I get a kick out of the "Houston Intergalactic" guy. "Jetlink XXXX, cleared visual approach runway 27, Houston Intergalactic." :D
Also, one of the tower controllers always extends and trails off the last bit of every sentence. I'm sure most of you jetlinkers have heard him. "XXXX, cleared for takeooooooofff," "XXXX, cleared to laaaaaaaand." I've been tempted to mimic him but I always chicken out. :D There's also a super happy EWR controller that I ended up talking to pretty recently. He's always in a great mood, and I remember we had this exchange a couple weeks ago: Tower: "Jetlink XXXX, taxi across 11, hold short of 22R at Z...looks like GREKI shut down for now." Me: "Awww, I knew that was coming...(reads it back)." Tower: "Better than me telling you that you were on fire!" Me: "That's debatable." Tower: "You've been flying here too long!" :) |
The chick at Long Beach for sure!!!
We always called her 1-900-ATIS. but also at LGB every pilot says with a chuckle 'We are comming over BECCA" when they check in with tower. |
I'm sure he's already been mentioned, but Mr. Rogers at Chicago Center gets my vote... WELCOME ABOARD!!!
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I would have to say that all the guys in Denver are awesome. I have never been in such a pilot friendly environment.
How many of you have actually taken the tower tour and met these guys? I thought that may be a good idea. |
Originally Posted by BoilerWings
(Post 406335)
One of the tower ladies at KADS always sounds like she's flirting when she talks. She has a sweet voice and never gets mad/stressed out. Someone declares and emergency and she says "I'll have a blueberry pie ready for you when you get back on the ground."
She controls at Oshkosh every summer too. |
Definitely the "break" ramp controller in DEN.
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That guy in Atl who insists on every transmission be like a read back on your ppl check ride...he's my least favorite. Don't know if I've got a #1.
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Dtw radar she was my wife's roommate in college and huge sports fan just rib her about being a packer fan.
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Originally Posted by gatorhater
(Post 1316493)
That guy in Atl who insists on every transmission be like a read back on your ppl check ride...he's my least favorite. Don't know if I've got a #1.
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Originally Posted by gatorhater
(Post 1316493)
That guy in Atl who insists on every transmission be like a read back on your ppl check ride...he's my least favorite. Don't know if I've got a #1.
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The lady in ground frequency at Incheon, I love the way she gets testy when I tell her that I don't get a single word she says
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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
(Post 1316836)
I hope your phraseology is on a much higher level than it was when you got your PPL!
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It's frustrating to the point it's funny with "Break" in DEN. I love when he gets so worked up he "break"s himself. Break United xxx taxi break Skywest break ummm break umm break.
At SFO you got the "Norkal" guy and the cute sounding controller that extends her A's.(turn on aaaaaalphaaaaaaaaa). Also there is a NorCal controller that sounds like Porky pig. In IAD there was a tower controller late at night that rates your best "seeeeeya" before heading to departure. I too did the lax tower tour and talked to the lady that did clearances (who was pretty cute with all the tatoos) and she laughed at all the pilots that asked who was the woman on the radio that sounded like an 12 year old on ground control. Sometimes your imagination is better than seeing what they really look like. |
Female controllers working De Gaulle Arrival and their French accent....
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Anyone in the Dayton Tower. Means I'm home :)
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Can't believe no one has said Ivan in ATL ramp control. I believe he's gone working in his ratings.
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;) me at least for now
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Originally Posted by BassFishr
(Post 1316952)
Can't believe no one has said Ivan in ATL ramp control. I believe he's gone working in his ratings.
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No, that is "the whistler"...see page one of the thread. He works gnd/twr in ATL not ramp.
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Originally Posted by BassFishr
(Post 1316952)
Can't believe no one has said Ivan in ATL ramp control. I believe he's gone working in his ratings.
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