Air Traffic Controllers sure aren’t funny.
So I see this link to a page of “Funny Air Traffic Control quotes.” Figure any list of funny quotes is probably a good list. Man was I wrong. To be fair, it might not be the air traffic controllers’ fault they’re not funny. It might be they don’t have a good set-up man. Or lady. Maybe it’s the pilot’s fault — maybe it’s the pilots who are the humoristically challenged. And heck, maybe it’s not the pilots’ fault at all. Maybe those darn flight attendants hid all the funny-juice during pre-flight.
So yeah, there aren’t many good quotes from this list of funny air traffic control quotes. I don’t know why you’re still reading this. Here are two remarkably similar stories:
From an unknown aircraft waiting in a very long takeoff queue: “I’m f…ing bored!”
Ground Traffic Control: “Last aircraft transmitting, identify yourself immediately!”
Unknown aircraft: “I said I was f…ing bored, not f…ing stupid!”
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A story from the late 1950’s Navy flight training at Corpus Christi, Texas. Instructors were known to party hard at night, even before a ‘hop’ the next morning. A common ‘cure’ was to put on the mask and breathe the pure oxygen while the trainee got the craft airborne. The SNJ training aircraft had a tandum cockpit with intercom for personal communication between the instructor and the trainee. These ‘private’ communications would be broadcast on air if the intercom switch were accidentally left open. One such morning following a heavy night for one particular instructor, not long after the flight was aloft, the following was heard over the air: “Boy, am I ever f…ed up this morning.” After a lengthy pause a young lady air traffic controller demanded: “Aircraft making that last transmission, please identify yourself.” There was an even lengthier pause, and then a voice said: “Lady, I’m not that f…ed up.” (Ack Mike)
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