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Key Takeaways:

  • Pittsburgh Ground control instructed a Delta flight (Delta Eleven Twenty) to follow "Hooters Air" to the runway.
  • The Delta pilot humorously responded with a Southern drawl, remarking that following "Hooters" has "only got me in trouble with the wife."
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Overheard in IFR Magazine's 'On the Air' Section
Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air”

Overheard on Pittsburgh (KPIT) Ground working Hooters Air, better known by callsign Pace, and a Delta airliner:

Pittsburgh Ground: Delta Eleven Twenty, follow Hooters off your left to Runway Two-Eight Right.

Delta Eleven Twenty: (in a slow southern drawl) Well, Ive been doin that all my life, and its only got me in trouble with the wife.

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