Heard on the tower frequency at a major Southwest hub…
Tower: Southwest 972 Position and hold runway 28
Pilot Reply: You’re 90 degrees off … (pause) … Northwest 972 will position and hold, runway 28
Short Final…
Key Takeaways:
- An Air Traffic Controller at a major Southwest hub misidentified a "Northwest 972" flight as "Southwest 972".
- The pilot promptly corrected the controller's error, noting they were "90 degrees off" in their identification.
- Despite the initial misidentification, the pilot confirmed compliance with the instruction to position and hold runway 28 after self-correcting their callsign.
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