Short Final…

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • A Cessna pilot was initially cleared to land on runway 20.
  • The Tower then added a "land and hold short" instruction for intersection 31-13.
  • The pilot's initial informal acknowledgment ("You bethca") prompted the Tower to request a formal confirmation, which the pilot then correctly provided.
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From our, “There’s a right way, and then there’s other ways,” file…

Tower: Cessna XXX cleared to land 20.

Cessna: Cleared to land 20.

Tower: Cessna XXX can you land and hold short 31-13.
(brief pause…..)
Cessna: You bethca.

Tower: XXX is that a roger.

Cessna: …Roger. Land and hold short 31-13.

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