Short Final

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Key Takeaways:

  • A Cessna pilot at Zurich (ZRH) refused an air traffic controller's request to expedite and make a short landing.
  • The pilot justified their refusal by stating they had paid for the entire runway and would use it all.
  • This exchange occurred shortly after an increase in landing fees, implying a humorous or pointed response to the new costs.
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A couple of years ago, flying into ZRH (Zurich, Switzerland), just the day after the landing fees increased once more, we heard the following conversation while on hold between a Cessna 172 on final and the controller. It was a busy day with lots of commercial traffic.

Controller: Cleared to land runway 28; winds calm, please expedite and can you make it a short landing to the first exit?

Cessna: Negative, we pay for the whole runway, we use the whole runway!


Paulo de Moura

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