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  • A pilot and his minister father-in-law were flying early in the morning over Worcester, MA, and noted how quiet the air traffic frequency was.
  • The air traffic controller humorously suggested the silence was because people were either asleep or in church.
  • The minister then added a witty remark, suggesting they might be "in church *and* asleep!"
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Several years ago, I was flying my father-in-law back to Portland, Maine. He had been in Connecticut preforming a wedding. We got an early start, and at about 7 a.m., we were overflying the Worster, MA Class Delta.

After making contact with the tower, I commented that it was very quiet on their frequency.

The controller responded that everybody must be asleep or in church.

My father-in-law, the ever-alert minister, pressed the button that was both intercom and transmit PTT and said, “Maybe they are in church and asleep!”


David Faile
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