Short Final

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • A pilot mistakenly broadcast a message intended for passengers to air traffic control.
  • The message, cut short, humorously implied the pilot was about to blame air traffic control for something.
  • Both air traffic control and another pilot reacted with lighthearted amusement to the accidental transmission and its implied content.
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The following takes place at a high-altitude sector with multiple air carrier aircraft:

Pilot 1(apparently meaning to talk to the passengers) :
“This is the flight deck. Air traffic control has – uhh -” [unkeys]

ATC:
“Darn. I wanted to hear that.”

Pilot 2 (cheerfully) :
“Yeah. He was gonna blame you!”


Cheryl Bavister
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