Originally Posted by
anxiao
I remember the American pilot story, it may even have been back to Pan Am days, but it certainly happened. Smartest move of the day by that pilot, respect.
Another popular American pilot story, didn't hear it myself but was widely reported.
United/Northwest/ Pan Am inbound to Kai Tak is being given an enormous amount of grief by HKG local lady ATC controller. The local controllers where extremely efficient but maybe were a little cold and aggressive in how they barked and snapped orders. In this case the lady had just spent a full minute chastising this crew for slow reaction to her demands when a Southern states drawl came over the air, "say ma'am, was I married to you once?"