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Key Takeaways:

  • An air traffic controller at Tampa airport humorously misstated an airliner's position in the landing sequence, initially saying "number three of two" before correcting it.
  • The airline pilot responded with a witty quip, stating, "That's okay, five out of three pilots have dyslexia, anvway," playing on the controller's number mix-up.
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Overheard in IFR Magazine's 'On the Air' Section
Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air”

Into Tampa, Florida at night, I overheard the controller misspeak to the airliner ahead of me in the line-up for landing:

Tower:
“Airline 123, you’re number three of two – wait, that’s number two of three. Sorry.”

Airliner:
“That’s okay, five out of three pilots have dyslexia, anvway.”

Travis Eddleman
via mail-e

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