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Old 5th Jul 2011, 10:06
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hawker750
 
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Screwball
I remember going into LHR decades ago and ATC were really messing up a United aircraft asking for all sorts of speed changes ROD changes etc etc. Finally the ATC girl asked them to slow up and increase rate of descent. In that lovely deep American accent that you guys seem to develope (is it real or practiced?) United said " We can do one of those which one would you like? The girl told them to use their speed brakes. United replied "Lady I use speed brakes when I screw it up not when you do" End of conversation.
In those days if the handling pilot used speedbrake he had to buy the first 2 rounds of beer that night. 4 or 5 of us up front but could be really expensive if the cabin crew noticed!!
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