A busy evening at ORD....
Private pilot here, who also flies >100K/yr on United-- the only airline with ATC on the entertainment system. I always listen, at least for the 80% of flights that the captains are believers and turn it on.
3-4 yr ago on a flight out of ORD, we had pushed back, bad weather, everybody backed up, 50 of you guys all calling for pushback, taxi, or whatever, everybody having trouble getting heard. Female voice comes on with something like "OK, everybody listen up. No replies! United 123, Bravo something, zulu something, left on whatever, hold short at X. Delta 456, do this that and the other to runway something. United 789, give way to company on your right, then follow him. Air Wisconsin xxx, do a, b, c and d." And so on for close to a minute, then "OK, do it!" Silence for 5-10 seconds. Then a lone (male) voice "Everybody still got 'em?" and reply "Dunno, man, afraid to look." True story!
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