Originally Posted by
BEagle
Denflnt wrote:
Being escorted by fighter aircraft? Hardly - it was a routine AAR trail from Saudi Arabia to Cyprus which was flight planned and being flown in Saudi controlled airspace...
A polite request for identification would have been a different matter - it was the brusque "Identify yourself" and "Clear to proceed" which I found unreasonably arrogant.
such a tragedy, an ATC person not flowering up his language to your taste, possibly they were using standard phraseology? hope you have found your safe place, and your comfort blanket...