While doing some work, heard the following exchange on Kennedy Tower freq:
Twr: Cactus 51, turn right zulu and golf, hold behind the plane that’s stopped to recycle.
Cactus 51: Cactus 51 we’ll make the right zulu and golf, behind the recycled airplane … whatever that means.
Trw: C’mon Cactus, you guys should know what that means, you fly Airbus’ — it’s when the screens go blank and you have to restart them all.
Cactus 51: Oh, yeah, we know about that. We just thought it was ’cause we were out of quarters.
Short Final…
Key Takeaways:
- An air traffic controller's instruction to hold behind a "recycled airplane" initially confused the pilot of Cactus 51.
- The controller clarified that "recycled" refers to an Airbus aircraft whose screens have gone blank and require a system restart.
- The pilot humorously acknowledged understanding of this specific operational issue common to Airbus aircraft.
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