More on the subject of POB
A certain training airfield in this part of the world encouraged pilots to use the term "DUAL" to inform the tower that an instructor was onboard. (armed with this knowledge, we could issue some of the more difficult instructions from our repertoire with a small amount of confidence that they might be taken up).
"ARDMORE TOWER, ECHO LIMA UNIFORM TAXIING FOR 40 MINUTE CITY SCENIC VIA THE VICTORS WITH ECHO 1013, WE HAVE THREE POB
AND AN INSTRUCTOR
(I always did wonder if they counted as real people).
On another occasion, I had to bite my tongue. A student who must have used 03/21 all his life returned from the training area and the runway-in-use was 07. As the aircraft slowed up it started to weave from left to right and then came to a halt on the runway.....
"TOWER, CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE TO GET OFF"
