Overheard over the Florida panhandle this week.
Jax Center:
“Airliner 123, Jacksonville Center. Climb and maintain FL 320.”
[20 seconds later]
Jax Center:
“Airliner 123, Jacksonville Center. Climb and maintain FL 320.”
[30 seconds later]
Jax Center:
“Airliner 123, do you copy Jacksonville Center?”
Airliner 123:
“Airliner 123. Climb and maintain 320. Sorry – we were on our laptops.”
Jax Center (laughter in the background) :
“Roger that. I guess that’s going to be you guys’ version of our ‘Say again. I was on the landline.'”
Mac Tichenor
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