"You know that you are in Italy when...."
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"You know that you are in Italy when...."
Hi folks!according to the original thread started on Middle East forum then followed by our Latino Americanos colleagues i hope that you will give your contribute to the growth of the italian version so.... you know that you are in Italy when...
-For being a smartass with the female ATC you get High and fast 10 nm on final
-Your company hires you,orders 50 airplanes and after 6th months you find yourself unemployed and your company bankrupted!
-When you fly with a former military pilot and you have to call him your Highness or Majesty at least
-When you go in the southern part of Italy or you fly back from there pax come on board with wheeled kitchens and 20 litres cans of olive oil or melanzane
-when the atc tells you to keep 300kts below fl100 and abeam the marker tells you "i will take you through the localizer
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keep going please
-For being a smartass with the female ATC you get High and fast 10 nm on final
-Your company hires you,orders 50 airplanes and after 6th months you find yourself unemployed and your company bankrupted!
-When you fly with a former military pilot and you have to call him your Highness or Majesty at least
-When you go in the southern part of Italy or you fly back from there pax come on board with wheeled kitchens and 20 litres cans of olive oil or melanzane
-when the atc tells you to keep 300kts below fl100 and abeam the marker tells you "i will take you through the localizer
"keep going please
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-when atc requests a speed reduction for traffic, you ignore it, and the next sector instructs you high speed to the loc (Rome Atc)
-when Atis (Fco) has two frequencies for 3 rwys. So if you don't want to listen to both, get the rwy in use from Atc then go to the appropriate Atis
-when you have to be released by handling before you can ask for engine start (still Fco)
-when "give way" becomes "let pass" (lassa passa') (Fco ground)
-when Atis (Fco) has two frequencies for 3 rwys. So if you don't want to listen to both, get the rwy in use from Atc then go to the appropriate Atis
-when you have to be released by handling before you can ask for engine start (still Fco)
-when "give way" becomes "let pass" (lassa passa') (Fco ground)
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- When the First Officer asks to the Captain for flap 1 and the captain say that it is too early and after 3 seconds say that now it is the right time!
- When 3 miles on final the purser calls to ask if she gave already the "cabin secure"
- When you are with ROMA ATC.. you can be pretty sure to be in Italy.
(per tutti quelli sopra)
- When you hear an AZ crew arguing with ATC, beacause when they are abroad they cannot speak english properly.
- When 3 miles on final the purser calls to ask if she gave already the "cabin secure"
- When you are with ROMA ATC.. you can be pretty sure to be in Italy.
(per tutti quelli sopra)
- When you hear an AZ crew arguing with ATC, beacause when they are abroad they cannot speak english properly.
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When you are given a "modified base" realizing that after a couple of decades in aviation there are still things you hear for the first time...
When nobody asks for nor is at all interested in the fact that you have the latest ATIS....
When they make you hold for 15 mins waiting for someone to depart from the opposite runway (BGY) reversing the widespread belief that the aircraft in the air has priority over the one happily sitting on the ground.....
When you don't know which runway you will land on when at 12nm on finals (MXP)....
When you have to wait for the handling company to "release the flight" before you can ask for engine start making the word of a 20 years old temporary worker with nose piercings more trustworthy than the one of a senior long haul Captain with a few years to go before retirement (FCO,BGY....)....
When you hear sms interference when ATC keys that mic....
When nobody asks for nor is at all interested in the fact that you have the latest ATIS....
When they make you hold for 15 mins waiting for someone to depart from the opposite runway (BGY) reversing the widespread belief that the aircraft in the air has priority over the one happily sitting on the ground.....
When you don't know which runway you will land on when at 12nm on finals (MXP)....
When you have to wait for the handling company to "release the flight" before you can ask for engine start making the word of a 20 years old temporary worker with nose piercings more trustworthy than the one of a senior long haul Captain with a few years to go before retirement (FCO,BGY....)....
When you hear sms interference when ATC keys that mic....
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"You know that you are in Italy when...."
-When ATC request your speed you lie, blatantly subtracting 50 knots from your IAS
-When 16 is in use in FCO all is well, but when they switch to 34 all hell breaks loose and they inexplicably start handing out two hour slots
-Padova automatically requests you descend FL240, regardless of your destination
-When you request a shortcut "in order to avoid", in actual fact it is to avoid further delay as there is not a CB in the whole FIR
-While being "vectored" by MXP ATC on "downwind" you look down and see Genova
-When you actually understand when the controller uses phrases like "twenti degris bai da rait" or "modified beis"
-When 16 is in use in FCO all is well, but when they switch to 34 all hell breaks loose and they inexplicably start handing out two hour slots
-Padova automatically requests you descend FL240, regardless of your destination
-When you request a shortcut "in order to avoid", in actual fact it is to avoid further delay as there is not a CB in the whole FIR
-While being "vectored" by MXP ATC on "downwind" you look down and see Genova
-When you actually understand when the controller uses phrases like "twenti degris bai da rait" or "modified beis"
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"You know that you are in Italy when...."
- When you hear an AZ crew arguing with ATC, beacause when they are abroad they cannot speak english properly.
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"You know that you are in Italy when...."
-When you can fly from Stockholm all the way across europe on the same squawk code, but then from Palermo to Milan you get three different transponder settings
-When "2435 coming down" is standard phraseology
-When ANY PPRUNE thread becomes an excuse for a slagging match between AZ and non-AZ pilots!
(E chi se la prende ragazzi... io ex-AZ lo ero gia' prima...)
-When "2435 coming down" is standard phraseology
-When ANY PPRUNE thread becomes an excuse for a slagging match between AZ and non-AZ pilots!
(E chi se la prende ragazzi... io ex-AZ lo ero gia' prima...)
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- When on an ifr training flight to Linate you are told to expect your ifr clearance with 30 minutes of delay due to heavy ifr traffic when the only traffic in the area is over Genova al FL300
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"You know that you are in Italy when...."
-When the CB that lives over BENTO in Naples seems like an old friend
-When with only four airplanes in the TMA the controller sounds like a major emergency is taking place, and starts using "BREAK-BREAK" between all his transmissions
-When the AZ MD80 taxying on the parallel taxiway is doing 80 knots... in the corners
-When the Brit on frequency can't pronounce "Brindisi" to save his life
-When you know the location of "la curva Fievo"
-When 99 times out of 100 the "Finanziere" at customs doesn't even look up from his "Gazzetta dello Sport" when you walk by, then when his supervisor comes for an inspection suddenly no item in your flightbag is left unturned
-When four aircraft in front of you on 25 in FCO can mean 20 minutes delay, the next day the controller is clearing aircraft "take-off after, keep in sight" and gets 20 airborne in four minutes
-When with only four airplanes in the TMA the controller sounds like a major emergency is taking place, and starts using "BREAK-BREAK" between all his transmissions
-When the AZ MD80 taxying on the parallel taxiway is doing 80 knots... in the corners
-When the Brit on frequency can't pronounce "Brindisi" to save his life
-When you know the location of "la curva Fievo"
-When 99 times out of 100 the "Finanziere" at customs doesn't even look up from his "Gazzetta dello Sport" when you walk by, then when his supervisor comes for an inspection suddenly no item in your flightbag is left unturned
-When four aircraft in front of you on 25 in FCO can mean 20 minutes delay, the next day the controller is clearing aircraft "take-off after, keep in sight" and gets 20 airborne in four minutes
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- When 2 nm on final to Turin on a PA28 at 150 kts, about twice the speed you should have, you are told to maintain high speed due to separation, just to find out after the go around that the following traffic still has to reach TOP
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"You know that you are in Italy when...."
-When on a regular line flight you can't get stairs, pax bus, external power or chocks to save your life, but when you fly the pope suddenly everything works more efficiently than Lufthansa on a good day
-When at least one acre of trees must be cut down to produce sufficient paper for all the NOTAMS, some expired of course
-When at least once, while boarding, you have heard a Milanese passenger respond to the purser's "buongiorno" with "buongiorno un ca##o!"
-When you suddenly notice the airport is deserted and realize that it's because Italy is playing: if you're caught on the ground you're stranded, if you're in the air the freq will go very quiet, except if the Azzurri score
-When ATC talks down to the Italian general aviation pilot like a smelly dogturd, while the foreign GA pilot with the impeccable English/American accent is treated extremely politely
-When BA asks "say again" at every clearance
-When the person saying "blocked" blocks the person saying "two stations"
-When not only the other posters on the thread know where the "Flebus" corner is, but they even correct your spelling!
(grazie "sonnolente", non sapevo come si scrivesse)
-When at least one acre of trees must be cut down to produce sufficient paper for all the NOTAMS, some expired of course
-When at least once, while boarding, you have heard a Milanese passenger respond to the purser's "buongiorno" with "buongiorno un ca##o!"
-When you suddenly notice the airport is deserted and realize that it's because Italy is playing: if you're caught on the ground you're stranded, if you're in the air the freq will go very quiet, except if the Azzurri score
-When ATC talks down to the Italian general aviation pilot like a smelly dogturd, while the foreign GA pilot with the impeccable English/American accent is treated extremely politely
-When BA asks "say again" at every clearance
-When the person saying "blocked" blocks the person saying "two stations"
-When not only the other posters on the thread know where the "Flebus" corner is, but they even correct your spelling!
(grazie "sonnolente", non sapevo come si scrivesse)
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- When the background noise coming from the television in the Tower is so loud that your landing clearance is totally unreadable.
- When any request for a shortcut is greeted with "co-ordeenation een progress".
- When one minute before off-blocks the dispatcher finally appears and says "Capteen capteen, seestem is down you make manwal load-sheet".
- When delayed by making said load-sheet the dispatcher pleads "On time Capteen on time?"
- When three times the quantity of luggage is carried into the cabin as goes into the cargo hold.
- When the Cabin Attendants draw their galley curtains 2 minutes after take-off and they are not seen again till 2 minutes before landing.
- When the noise of seatbelts being unfastened and phones being switched on as soon as the wheels hit the ground can be heard by planes waiting at the holding point.
- When an airline which went bust in '04, '05, '06 and '07 happily reappears alongside you on the apron in '08.
Still a great place and great people....love it!
- When any request for a shortcut is greeted with "co-ordeenation een progress".
- When one minute before off-blocks the dispatcher finally appears and says "Capteen capteen, seestem is down you make manwal load-sheet".
- When delayed by making said load-sheet the dispatcher pleads "On time Capteen on time?"
- When three times the quantity of luggage is carried into the cabin as goes into the cargo hold.
- When the Cabin Attendants draw their galley curtains 2 minutes after take-off and they are not seen again till 2 minutes before landing.
- When the noise of seatbelts being unfastened and phones being switched on as soon as the wheels hit the ground can be heard by planes waiting at the holding point.
- When an airline which went bust in '04, '05, '06 and '07 happily reappears alongside you on the apron in '08.
Still a great place and great people....love it!
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-When to fill a flight plan and get it accepted takes you longer than the flight itself, and once you get airborne ATC tells you they have never got it...
-When milano radar vectors you in such a modified base for a Linate ils that you could even regognise Venice a couple of miles ahead
-When milano radar vectors you in such a modified base for a Linate ils that you could even regognise Venice a couple of miles ahead
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-When a briefing at SSH starts with "Runway is dry....
-When ATC gives a **** if your readback is correct or not
-When ATC sounds like sitting in an other room
-when ATC stops transmission, but hasnt finished to speak
-when on a flight from MXP to CTA you get max FL 270
-when every take off clearance comes with "after T/O squak ident"
-when you need a release by appron for start up, because otherwise the italian pilots call for start 10minb before the pax are coming
-when there is always time for a coffe, no matter how much delay you have
-when AZ is bankrupt since 2004...but still flying.
-when what ever you say, you still love to fly and work here.
-When ATC gives a **** if your readback is correct or not
-When ATC sounds like sitting in an other room
-when ATC stops transmission, but hasnt finished to speak
-when on a flight from MXP to CTA you get max FL 270
-when every take off clearance comes with "after T/O squak ident"
-when you need a release by appron for start up, because otherwise the italian pilots call for start 10minb before the pax are coming
-when there is always time for a coffe, no matter how much delay you have
-when AZ is bankrupt since 2004...but still flying.
-when what ever you say, you still love to fly and work here.
