Tag: ATC

It’s strange. I make my living by “being funny” (for the sake of argument, let’s put aside the fact that there are plenty of people disagreeing with this premise), but I can’t tell jokes to save my life. I’m pretty …

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I didn’t consciously schedule this strip a couple of days after the Super Bowl last weekend, but it’s a lucky coincidence. I belong to the minority of people, though, who barely take any interest in sporting events. So the only …

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Having been a helicopter pilot primarily for most of my adult life, my ATC radio etiquette, when it comes to IFR flying, was below par at best. You get sloppy because you don’t do much talking on the radio. I …

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I had really nice controllers on my last four-day trip actually. It seems they are very overloaded at the moment (because they are so short staffed) and always really grateful when you help them out. We also had somebody in …

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