Originally Posted by Skeleton
Should I post this or not.... Some on here may recognise me and this will make there day!!
Early on in my career in the Deadloss Nimrod Simulator, me playing the "duty air traffic bod"
Aircraft is at high level (for a Nimrod) and calls me....
"S1M requesting clearance for Fanos"
I acknowleged his request, grabbed the high level en route chart and proceeded to look for "Fanos". Could I find it... could i heck.
Looked in the sim navaid database.. nothing.
Nevermind I thought time to call the Pilot instructor....
"Jock where the f*ck is FANOS?"
He creased up, tears rolling down his cheeks the lot. Then he pressed "pause" on the sim..... "sorry crew he says he cant find FANOS on the map" and they all cracked up to.
"Come on Jock where is it" I pleaded, my embarrasement by now acute.
"Its not a place you pillock" says Jock "They want clearance for "Flight Above Normal Operating Speed"
I nearly died!!
We had a rookie controller do something similar. A plane inbound to Latrobe, Pa had a flight plan that read ...ACO...EWC...RAVEC..LBE ("RAVEC" meaning "Radar Vectors"). She stood up, looked at the charts, and asked "Can I clear this guy to RAVEC?". The supervisor looked at her and said "No problem".
She has yet to live that one down.