I Wish I Hadn't Said That ...
And you think that it was somehow amusing that the ignorant rabble behaved in such a manner towards the CO?
A shame that he didn't immediately call the SWO and advise him that he'd just found a few willing volunteers for the SWO's working party....
A shame that he didn't immediately call the SWO and advise him that he'd just found a few willing volunteers for the SWO's working party....
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That same gentleman IIRC was in one of the Squadrons' flight planning one morning hunched over his charts.
Mimicking one of the exec's habits, a junior nav. walked past , ran his finger up the back of said individual's neck and announced "Haircut!", before continuing on his way,
....... for a few steps.
Mimicking one of the exec's habits, a junior nav. walked past , ran his finger up the back of said individual's neck and announced "Haircut!", before continuing on his way,
....... for a few steps.
It's not just in the military either
As I say above, we morons on civvy street can be equally stupid.
As part of the day job I used to have to have regular meetings with contractors on such things as elfan safety and contract matters. When talking contracts I had to take along a legal person to make sure I didn't do anything unreasonable, like ask the contractor to do things.
Picture the scene when a very attractive contracts analyst and I turn up to talk with a bunch of rough seafarers. Being gentlemen, they arranged for tea and buns during the meeting. Our host looks across the table, motions to the buns and asked her if she'd like another muffin.......
Quite how many of us almost choked I'm not prepared to say.........
As part of the day job I used to have to have regular meetings with contractors on such things as elfan safety and contract matters. When talking contracts I had to take along a legal person to make sure I didn't do anything unreasonable, like ask the contractor to do things.
Picture the scene when a very attractive contracts analyst and I turn up to talk with a bunch of rough seafarers. Being gentlemen, they arranged for tea and buns during the meeting. Our host looks across the table, motions to the buns and asked her if she'd like another muffin.......
Quite how many of us almost choked I'm not prepared to say.........
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In a Hercules, over the States.
Me: Metro, would you like a PIREP?
Metro: Go ahead
Me: Height blah wind blah temp blah.......
Metro: Could you pass your current position?
Me: I'm the co-pilot
Me: Metro, would you like a PIREP?
Metro: Go ahead
Me: Height blah wind blah temp blah.......
Metro: Could you pass your current position?
Me: I'm the co-pilot
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For the ground crew to behave as they did, in 'thing's' post, I suspect there was extremely poor morale on the Sqdn in general. I experienced it albeit briefly on my Sqdn in Cyprus. A change of CO and a new, no nonsense Flt Sgt fixed it!
In a Hercules, over the States.
Me: Metro, would you like a PIREP?
Metro: Go ahead
Me: Height blah wind blah temp blah.......
Metro: Could you pass your current position?
Me: I'm the co-pilot
Me: Metro, would you like a PIREP?
Metro: Go ahead
Me: Height blah wind blah temp blah.......
Metro: Could you pass your current position?
Me: I'm the co-pilot
An American transport aircraft called-up on HF and had a phone-patch to the Metro Office at RAF Mildenhall, where he requested and received a forecast for wherever he was flying to. The Metro guy asked, as usual, for a PIREP, and the pilot obliged. When he gave his position as part of the report his lat/long was very precise, and the Metro guy asked where that was ... to be told ... RAF Mildenhall!
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Very old story (from "Flight", I think, 50+ years back, when civil R/T was much more relaxed):
"BA9999 airborne Manchester for Belfast"........Long silence....."BA9999, that service is scheduled for Newcastle".......Even Longer Silence......."Hang on, we'll go back and ask the passengers where they've got tickets for !"
(reported to "Flight" by a reader with an air-band radio).
Il Duce,
As you are clearly a fellow alumnus of that Fount of All Wisdom and Knowledge (ie the School of Air Traffic Confusion) at Shawbury, you will have heard the apocryphal story of a Talkdown in extremis ....."Look around for your runway and crash visually - talkdown out !"
Danny.
"BA9999 airborne Manchester for Belfast"........Long silence....."BA9999, that service is scheduled for Newcastle".......Even Longer Silence......."Hang on, we'll go back and ask the passengers where they've got tickets for !"
(reported to "Flight" by a reader with an air-band radio).
Il Duce,
..."Speechless aircraft, pass your message"...
Danny.
Danny I'm afraid the times they are a'changin.
Wef 4 April, CATCS will be retitled the School of Air Operations Control (SAOC) and "converged" with the School of Aerospace Battle Management all under the newly formed Defence College of Airspace Control.
I wonder how much all this is costing? ... letter heads, notice boards etc
Wef 4 April, CATCS will be retitled the School of Air Operations Control (SAOC) and "converged" with the School of Aerospace Battle Management all under the newly formed Defence College of Airspace Control.
I wonder how much all this is costing? ... letter heads, notice boards etc
Returning downstairs from a Tech call by ATC, I commented about the assistant and said to my shift member, wouldn't mind smearing ****** in Yoghurt and having my breakfast.
A couple of shifts later I'm doing paperwork at my desk one evening, the door opens and in walks ******* - sits down on the desk and plants a pot of yoghurt in front of me.
I really, really wished I hadn't said that.
A couple of shifts later I'm doing paperwork at my desk one evening, the door opens and in walks ******* - sits down on the desk and plants a pot of yoghurt in front of me.
I really, really wished I hadn't said that.
Sadly, chaps I was hugely embarrassed. And married. There were a few smirks from the others in ATC for weeks to come. 
You can think what you want, but sometimes its best to keep your mouth shut.
You can think what you want, but sometimes its best to keep your mouth shut.
