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Key Takeaways:

  • A humorous exchange occurred where an airliner asked for its sequence without providing a callsign.
  • The Air Traffic Controller (ATC) playfully responded that if they discovered the aircraft's callsign, it would be placed last.
  • This witty transmission is from the "Top Twenty Actual Transmissions Heard in the O'Hare Tracon," published by O'Hare's National Air Traffic Controllers Association newsletter.
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Overheard in IFR Magazine's 'On the Air' Section
Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air”

Airliner:
“Approach, what’s our sequence?”

Approach:
“Calling for the sequence, I missed your callsign – but if I find out what it is, you’re last.”

Courtesy of the Top Twenty Actual Transmissions Heard in the O’HareTracon, from IntentionallyLeftBlank, the newsletter of O’Hare’s National Air Traffic Controllers Association.

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