Rudy
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I meant to post this back when it happend, but better late than never I suppose.
I was out flying around PTS a couple of weeks ago. We pick up quite a few other airports once you get up to about 3000 ASL. I was hearing Lawrence traffic and I heard a student call in
"Cessna 1234 student is downwind runway 33"
another guy comes on "Mooney 1234, 10 miles North, student over Lawrence are you left or right downwind."
Pretty honest question to start off with,
Student replies "uhhh....Cessna 1234 is on the west side of runway, preparing to turn base" he was obviously a little confused.
Reply back comes,
"Lawrence Traffic, Mooney 1234, student over Lawrence, thats not what i asked, I asked whether you are left or right downind"
Student Replies "uhhh....Cessna 1234 is on Final Runway 33"
I thought to myself that the guy in the Mooney was kind of out of line, not for asking the question in the first place, but for demanding an answer, by the student saying he was on the west side of the runway the Mooney knew where he was. Then after thinking about it later, the Mooney is 10 miles out and when the student states he is to the west he said preparing to turn base.
It is obviously something the student should have known, but I don't think he deserved to be heckled, I mean at that time the student was probably worrying a lot just about flying the airplane, a guy getting angry at him, probably wouldn't help anything.
Do you guys think this was a little out of line?
I was out flying around PTS a couple of weeks ago. We pick up quite a few other airports once you get up to about 3000 ASL. I was hearing Lawrence traffic and I heard a student call in
"Cessna 1234 student is downwind runway 33"
another guy comes on "Mooney 1234, 10 miles North, student over Lawrence are you left or right downwind."
Pretty honest question to start off with,
Student replies "uhhh....Cessna 1234 is on the west side of runway, preparing to turn base" he was obviously a little confused.
Reply back comes,
"Lawrence Traffic, Mooney 1234, student over Lawrence, thats not what i asked, I asked whether you are left or right downind"
Student Replies "uhhh....Cessna 1234 is on Final Runway 33"
I thought to myself that the guy in the Mooney was kind of out of line, not for asking the question in the first place, but for demanding an answer, by the student saying he was on the west side of the runway the Mooney knew where he was. Then after thinking about it later, the Mooney is 10 miles out and when the student states he is to the west he said preparing to turn base.
It is obviously something the student should have known, but I don't think he deserved to be heckled, I mean at that time the student was probably worrying a lot just about flying the airplane, a guy getting angry at him, probably wouldn't help anything.
Do you guys think this was a little out of line?