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Considering the ongoing thread about the FDK midair I thought this one might be worth sharing. I went out and poked a hole in the sky yesterday. I'm about 20 miles east of the field but still monitoring tower frequency when I heard an interesting exchange between two pilots and the tower.
Pilot 1: A local commercial rated CFI with a zillion hours, he's flying a 172 in the "north practice area" presumably with a student
Pilot 2: A local "Sunday flier" out flying his tri-pacer.
All communications below are paraphrased
Pilot 2 "BFE tower, tri-pacer 999, 10 north."
Tower "999, make direct entry left base runway 09, report 2 mile left base."
Pilot 2 "yes sir" (that's it)
Pilot 1 "Cessna 666 is also 10 north, 3,500', maneuvering. 999 say altitude."
Pilot 2 "2700"
Pilot 1 "I would appreciate it if you'd start making proper radio calls, sir, including altitude" (yes, they know each other)
Tower "Cessna 666, chastising other planes on my frequency is not tolerated."
Pilot 1 "BFE tower, it's harder to spot him without altitude information. If someone is in my immediate area and their sloppy radio work compromises my safety I WILL call them out on it. If you don't like that then give me a phone number. But if you give me a number then you better pull the tapes."
Tower backed down, Pilot 2's subsequent calls weren't any better (they never are) and Pilot 1 commented after one of them "I don't know who signs off on this guy's flight reviews but he should have his license jerked too."
I would've grabbed some popcorn and a beer had I not been in the air too.
Pilot 1: A local commercial rated CFI with a zillion hours, he's flying a 172 in the "north practice area" presumably with a student
Pilot 2: A local "Sunday flier" out flying his tri-pacer.
All communications below are paraphrased
Pilot 2 "BFE tower, tri-pacer 999, 10 north."
Tower "999, make direct entry left base runway 09, report 2 mile left base."
Pilot 2 "yes sir" (that's it)
Pilot 1 "Cessna 666 is also 10 north, 3,500', maneuvering. 999 say altitude."
Pilot 2 "2700"
Pilot 1 "I would appreciate it if you'd start making proper radio calls, sir, including altitude" (yes, they know each other)
Tower "Cessna 666, chastising other planes on my frequency is not tolerated."
Pilot 1 "BFE tower, it's harder to spot him without altitude information. If someone is in my immediate area and their sloppy radio work compromises my safety I WILL call them out on it. If you don't like that then give me a phone number. But if you give me a number then you better pull the tapes."
Tower backed down, Pilot 2's subsequent calls weren't any better (they never are) and Pilot 1 commented after one of them "I don't know who signs off on this guy's flight reviews but he should have his license jerked too."
I would've grabbed some popcorn and a beer had I not been in the air too.