Short Final

Sunday, September 07, 2008 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

During a night approach to Tampa, an air traffic controller humorously misstated an airliner's position in the landing sequence.
The controller quickly corrected their error, changing "number three of two" to "number two of three."
The airline pilot responded with a witty, self-deprecating joke about pilots' susceptibility to dyslexia.

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Into Tampa, Florida at night, I overheard the controller misspeak to the airliner ahead of me in the line-up for landing:

Tower:
“Airline 123, you’re number three of two – wait, that’s number two of three. Sorry.”

Airliner:
“That’s okay, five out of three pilots have dyslexia, anvway.”

Travis Eddleman
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