View Full Version : Pearls of wisdom
Spangly
23rd Mar 2007, 23:28
Anybody have any, that they live by or that see them safely through their working day, humorous or serious...
Personally, I believe in 'Never refuse a break or an early-go, because you can't have an airprox sitting in front of the telly'.
And one from a colleague:
'Better a lucky controller than a skilful one'
;)
Captain Beef
23rd Mar 2007, 23:36
I must admit these aren't mine, just something I found in my travels on the net...
Dave's Rules for ATC (http://users.ssc.net.au/mcmillan/Dave'sRules/daves_atc_rules.htm)
Beefy.
Edit to fix clicky-clicky....
Freebird17
23rd Mar 2007, 23:42
"If in doubt, say nothing"
terrain safe
23rd Mar 2007, 23:46
" If in doubt, chicken out"
:ok:
Say Again, Over!
24th Mar 2007, 02:12
"It's not how good you are that counts. It's how good you sound!"
And its corollary:
"You can vector them straight to hell, if you sound like you know what you're doin'"
Jerricho
24th Mar 2007, 04:30
"Woah.......glad that's on your licence"
DirtyPierre
24th Mar 2007, 04:45
About vectoring from an "old and bold" back in my shrimp boat days;
"If you point 'em at each other then they won't hit, except if they're nose to nose"
For the Flows: "Never let the sector vector"
Lock n' Load
24th Mar 2007, 04:47
The following is in nautical miles...
"Aim for 3, get 2, call it 5."
For Jerricho and others in Winterpeg...
"Don't eat the yellow snow."
When on a break, reading Transmit or similar while sitting on porcelain...
"If in doubt, take another wipe."
AdmlAckbar
24th Mar 2007, 11:00
Continuing the toilet theme:
'Always go to the loo at the start of your break 'cos you never know when you'll be called back'
and one from a fellow colleague, which could apply to lots of situations in life:
'You think I know bug**r nothing but that's not true, I know bug**r all' (Cheers, Bob)
Say Again, Over!
24th Mar 2007, 21:08
While going through my course in Cornwall (Canada, that is). One of my fellow students made the following remark after being rebuked while on a non-radar exercise.
He was supposed to use 10 minutes between airplanes but when one declared an emergency, even though there was only 8 minutes he "broke vertical" and got the emergency aircraft down.
When the instructor told him he'd had a sep-loss, he just yelled:
"OH! COME ON!!! WHAT ARE THE ODDS??!!"
Yellow Snow
25th Mar 2007, 11:10
I can confirm that Jerricho has never eaten me!;)
He did try a couple of times though, the dirty bugger