Pietenpol-List: Should have been in a Piet
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2001 6:13 pm
Original Posted By: JimNikls(at)aol.com
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Should have been in a PietIn a message dated 9/17/2001 5:51:31 PM Central Daylight Time, JimNikls writes:> During taxi, the crew of a US AIR departure flight to Ft. Lauderdale made a > wrong turn and came nose to nose with a United 727. The irate ground > controller (a female) screamed, "US Air 2771, where are you going? I told > you to turn right on "Charlie" taxiway; you turned right on "Delta. Stop > right there! I know it's difficult to tell the difference between C's & > D's, but get it right!" > > Continuing her lashing to the embarrassed crew, she was now shouting > hysterically, "God, you've screwed everything up; it'll take forever to > sort this out. You stay right there and don't move until I tell you to! > Then, I want you to go exactly where I tell you, when I tell you, and how I > tell you. You got that, US Air 2771?" > > The humbled crew responded, "Yes, Ma'am." > > The ground control frequency went terribly silent; no one wanted to engage > the irate > ground controller in her current state. Tension in every cockpit at LGA was > running high. > > Then an unknown male pilot broke the silence and asked, "Wasn't I married > to you once?" > > > > > >
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Should have been in a PietIn a message dated 9/17/2001 5:51:31 PM Central Daylight Time, JimNikls writes:> During taxi, the crew of a US AIR departure flight to Ft. Lauderdale made a > wrong turn and came nose to nose with a United 727. The irate ground > controller (a female) screamed, "US Air 2771, where are you going? I told > you to turn right on "Charlie" taxiway; you turned right on "Delta. Stop > right there! I know it's difficult to tell the difference between C's & > D's, but get it right!" > > Continuing her lashing to the embarrassed crew, she was now shouting > hysterically, "God, you've screwed everything up; it'll take forever to > sort this out. You stay right there and don't move until I tell you to! > Then, I want you to go exactly where I tell you, when I tell you, and how I > tell you. You got that, US Air 2771?" > > The humbled crew responded, "Yes, Ma'am." > > The ground control frequency went terribly silent; no one wanted to engage > the irate > ground controller in her current state. Tension in every cockpit at LGA was > running high. > > Then an unknown male pilot broke the silence and asked, "Wasn't I married > to you once?" > > > > > >