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| Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” |
On a snowy afternoon at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, the arrival spacing turned out to be inadequate for the as-yet-unplowed runway:
Tower:
“Commuter 1234: Runway 14R, cleared to land. request braking report. Braking is reported fair, but if you can make taxiway T5 for spacing, it will help the heavy behind you.”
Commuter:
“Commuter 1234. We’ll try.”
Tower (moments later) :
“Airliner 567 Heavy, go around. Aircraft on the runway.” [Then issues missed approach instructions.]
Commuter:
“Sorry about that.”
Tower:
“Thanks for trying, Commuter 1234. Hey, how do you rate the braking?”
Commuter:
“Poor, I guess.”
Chris Bardon
via e-mail
