One beautiful day in Atlanta Center, Smiley, a well‑known character at the TRACON, was the final approach controller and was assigning everyone 180 KIAS to the marker.
Atlanta Center: “Corporate 123 say speed.”
Corporate 123: “160 … Ahh I mean 180.”
Atlanta Center: “Corporate 123 maintain 200 knots. Your 180 is 20 knots slower than everyone else’s.”
Lawrence Marquez
Collierville, Tennessee
