Short Final: Welcome To The FAA

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Key Takeaways:

  • A pilot experienced significant difficulty hearing Kansas City Center after a routine frequency change, with communication being weak and broken.
  • Upon finally establishing contact, the pilot confirmed the poor signal quality to the controller.
  • The air traffic controller humorously and sarcastically replied, "Welcome to the FAA, where everything is weak and broken," acknowledging systemic issues.
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After a routine frequency change to Kansas City Center, I had a lot of trouble hearing the controller. On the fourth try I finally heard a scratchy reply:

Center: “N327JZ, Kansas City, how do you hear?”

Me: “I’ve got you now but it’s weak and broken.”

Center: “Welcome to the FAA, where everything is weak and broken.”

John Zimmerman
Cincinnati, OH

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