Originally Posted by Huck
I was a wet-behind-the-ears first officer for a regional airline when we picked up some slots into JFK.
My first trip in there, I called ground control when ready to leave the ramp.
He said (and I swear it's the guy on the Air China clip), "Acey, follow that Springbok."
I thought I hadn't heard right. "Say again please, Acey 555."
"FOLLOW THE SPRINGBOK. MOVE IT NOW."
"Sir, I'm from Alabama, and I don't know what a Springbok is."
"YOU SEE THAT BIG PLANE IN FRONT OF YOU? FOLLOW IT!"
You should've told him, being from Alabama, you don't even know what Northwest is, much less Sud Afrikaanse Lugdiens.