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Key Takeaways:

  • A corporate jet captain at San Jose Clearance Delivery made a redundant request for clearance.
  • The air traffic controller promptly questioned the repeated request.
  • The captain, upon confirmation from their first officer, humorously acknowledged the lapse while asserting their Cockpit Resource Management was otherwise excellent.
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Overheard in IFR Magazine's 'On the Air' Section
Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air”

Corporate Jet Captain:
“San Jose Clearance Delivery, clearance on request for [airport name deleted to protect the guilty].”

San Jose Clearance:
“Didn’t I just give you that clearance?”

[pause]

Corporate Jet Captain:
“My first officer is nodding yes. Sorry about that, but otherwise our airborne cockpit resource management is outstanding.”

Michael R. Gallagher
Sacramento, California

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