Short Final: Hold Your Horsepower

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Key Takeaways:

  • A female air traffic controller at a flight school had a voice that male instructors found attractive.
  • An instructor responded inappropriately to the controller's weather briefing.
  • The instructor's response was "Dishonorable."
  • The controller's response was to indefinitely ground the aircraft.
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From sister publication IFR Magazine’s “On the Air” letters page:

A female tower controller at a flight-school airport was known to have a sultry voice that the young male instructors found … appealing. On one occasion, she advised one of the school aircraft that had been waiting for ground fog to dissipate:

Controller: “Cessna Five Mike Fox, weather is now clear with 2.5 miles visibility in fog. State your intentions.”

Instructor: “Cessna Five Mike Fox … Dishonorable.”

After a brief silence on the frequency, she replied: “Cessna Five Mike Fox, hold your present position—indefinitely.”

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