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Old 24th Mar 2012, 20:46
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Originally Posted by ZOOKER
some of the 'financially incentivized', (whoops, management-speak), folks in ATC today, have little knowledge of the air traffic they are actually controlling
Tucano, working a nats unit: "Mayday, engine failure"
nats unit: "Which engine has failed?"

Some BA 757/767 crews were dual rated. Not unheard of for crew to pass wrong aircraft type (and thus Wake Vortex Category). Only major difference was, apparently, a step up into the flight deck on the 76.
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