UAE is United Arab Emirates Airlines

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HLX, former Excellence has been re-named: Yellow Cap.

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ATC: Yellow Cab like the taxis in New York?

HLX: *hmpf*

As far as I know, there is no national United Arab Emirates airline..... Different airliens are owned by the different emirates..

The Emirates story

Thats what I thought... I love how they represent the UAE when infact, it was fully funded and started by Dubai!

My brother was so bad at geography class in school we were amazed he could find his way home.:}

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai

?? What's the relevance?

FYI, I was born and brought up in Dubai so I know my geography of the Middle-East pretty well..

CFI Humour
 

Heard by me at EGTB (Booker) Yep we have three letter ICAO too.
CFI walks in clubhouse after fliight and asks the receptionists:
"When XXXXXXX arrives can you ask him to pop in for a chat. Just interested to know where exactly the word Bol****s appears in the Radio Telephony Manual".
Was going to stay and watch the discussion, but I have never been a supporter of blood sports.

A few years ago I was working on EGKK ground. Aircraft landed with an awkward callsign. I stumbled over it on my first transmission, pilot responded, " yes sorry bit of a mouthful isn't it"

My instant reply, " funny the wife said that just last night!!!!" Stunned silence on the frequency followed by lots of stifled giggles from both me and the pilots!!!

Any post by Chickenlittle:\

This prooves nothing really goes on here at Ronaldsway:

Ground: Tower, just to let you know there appears to be a dead rat inbetween the apron and taxiway charlie

Tower: Have you tried the kiss of life?

TWR: G-ABCD do you have Hotel on board?

G-ACBD: No, we're staying with friends!

A lady rang the airport complaints desk after a practice div and low go-around by a Tornado F3 and said, "My pussy's just climbed up the wall!"

I would have been tempted to answer, "Madam, some women would be grateful for that experience!"

PIK
 

Heard at PIK while holding for departure about 5 years ago.

KLM 777 training, making some fairly wide right hand circuits on 31.

RSC177 Sea King inbound from the north at about 500ft, to land on the H to the north of the runway.

KLM calls downwind at about the same time as the Sea King. ATC tells KLM to call on final and the Sea King to report final to the H. After about 30 seconds of silence a concerned KLM calls up asking for the circuit position of the RSC as they cannot see him. ATC reply "He is downwind also but will be coming inside you".:E

On a not very crowded spanish airport (to be honest, one plane and one controller on the whole airspace). A local carrier plane slowly begins to taxi.

ATC: "xxx, ready to copy?
XXX: "Affirm, go ahead!"
ATC: "Okay, copy a hundred times "I will not taxi without being instructed to do so"

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XXX: "Sorry Sir. We forgot you were there:* "

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"Oscar Yankee x x x", Cessna 152, on a solo navigation, one person on board...( :hmm: )

quote:
As far as I know, there is no national United Arab Emirates airline..... Different airliens are owned by the different emirates..

Etihad is the national carrier. Emirates were prevented from calling themselves Dubai Airlines by the government to present a more united front to the world................ Apparently.

Many years ago I was being checked out on the Seaford Military position at LATCC. I had under my control a formation of 8 USAF F4s which I was trying to hand to the French Military (those that have done it will understand both the complexity and uncertainity of this mission) when the French, completely unnanounced,presented me with an opposite direction same level formation of 6 USAF F111s. Having ascertained they would miss, but not by much, I geared my self up to transmit the necessary traffic information when my boss, who was examining me, switch the microphone to his side & transmitted:

"All Americans look left and wave"

Made me laugh so years later, when I was an examiner, I found myself screening a nervous young controller who had 2 Finningly ac about to pass close to each other at the same level. Before he could transmit traffic information I nonchalantly switched the mike and transmitted:

"All Finningly ac look left and wave"

Theres was a short pause before one the ac replied "We're India Mike Charlie"

Bonnet de douche!;)

I heard this the other day on the Lake Mead CTAF...two helicopters returning to Las Vegas from the Grand Canyon...

Helicopter xxx: Helicopter yyy, I'm at your seven o'clock, one mile... it looks like you're faster than me, I'll maintain visual separation.

A/C: "And how many miles for us?"
ATC: "27... hmm.. to be honest, three-zero."