Short Final: Stupendous

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Key Takeaways:

  • A pilot praised an air traffic controller's "stupendous" timing for issuing a climb clearance, which coincidentally matched the pilot's immediate request.
  • The controller humorously clarified that the clearance originated from a different center and later playfully referred the pilot to the "stupendous controllers" at the next control facility.
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A while back we were transitioning Omaha’s airspace, and heard the following:

Omaha: “American 123, climb and maintain 10,000, one zero thousand.”

American 123: “One zero thousand. Your timing was stupendous, I was just picking up the mic to ask for higher.”

Omaha: “Actually, the clearance just came in from Center.”

After several unrelated calls, Omaha: “American 123, contact the stupendous controllers at Minneapolis Center, 119.6.”

Verne Wiese

Beavercreek, Ohio

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