ATC and the World Cup
 

A few observations from flying Budapest-Manchester yesterday evening while the World Cup Final was in play:

1. 121.5 was virtually unuseable - a combination of sport commentary and irate pilots trying to quieten the frequency.

2. There seemed to be rather more ATC female voices than usual.

3. Quite a bit a background chat while ATC was transmitting.

4. Early handovers.

5. Manchester Tower and Ground being run by just one controller during quite a busy phase. We got landing clearance at 200ft because it was apparently more important to give the BA who had cleared well in front of us some taxi instructions!

Interesting...

So quite early then? :E