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Key Takeaways:

  • An air traffic controller queried a Cessna pilot about their transponder squawk code.
  • The controller then informed the pilot that they were inside Class B airspace without clearance and using the wrong squawk code.
  • Despite these multiple violations, the controller sarcastically concluded that "Other than that, everything is just fine."
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Overheard in IFR Magazine's 'On the Air' Section
Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air”

Overheard on Baltimore approach frequency:

Approach:
“Cessna 1234B, what code are you squawking?”

Cessna:
“We’re squawking [CODE]. Is everything O.K.?”

Approach:
“Cessna 34B, you’re inside Class B air space, you don’t have a clearance to enter Class B, and you’re squawking the wrong code. Other than that, everything is just fine.”

Alexei Tsekoun
Princeton, New Jersey

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