lighting vehicles
last night at EG-- about 1:30am. nothing on frequency, one inbound, otherwise radio silence.
atc : lighting 2 vacate at XX
no reply
atc : lighting 2 ground
no reply
atc : lighting 2 vacate at XX
no reply
atc : lighting 3 can you see lighting 2, he has gone deaf.
short delay....................
lighting 2 : go ahead ground
atc : GET OFF MY RUNWAY
lighting 2 : sorry, vacated at XX
atc : if you are going to be deaf im not gonna let u back on.
lighting 2 : erm.........roger......sorry....can hear u now
aircraft departs -
Light 2 : permission to enter runway
long pause.............."only if you promise not to go deaf again"
light 2 : i wont
(possibly had to be there)