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A Pilot Joke

12.06.05

Found this. Apparently it was a real conversation.

Allegedly the German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempered lot. They, it is alleged, not only expect one to know one’s gate parking location, but how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747, call sign Speedbird 206.

Speedbird 206: “Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of active runway.”

Ground: “Speedbird 206. Taxi to gate Alpha One-Seven.”

The BA 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop.

Ground: “Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?”

Speedbird 206: “Stand by, Ground, I’m looking up our gate location now.”

Ground (with quite arrogant impatience): “Speedbird 206, have you not been to Frankfurt before?”

Speedbird 206 (cooly): “Yes, twice in 1944, but it was dark,…… and I didn’t land.”

8 Responses

  1. Gravatar Heath C. Says

    Thats freakin awesome! BWAAA HAHAAAAAA

  2. Gravatar P_DudE Says

    yea that was pretty funny

  3. Gravatar Agent K Says

    Yea, that’s great. :lol:

  4. Gravatar C.P. Says

    That’s freak’n great…

  5. Gravatar me Says

    HAHAHA…those silly Europeans.

  6. Gravatar teezed Says

    I’ve seen that before, made me laugh :). In a similar vein…

    A Pan Am 727 flight, waiting for start clearance in Munich, overheard the following:

    Lufthansa (in German): “Ground, what is our start clearance time?”

    Ground (in English): “If you want an answer you must speak in English.”

    Lufthansa (in English): “I am a German, flying a German airplane, in
    Germany. Why must I speak English?”

    Unknown voice from another plane (in a beautiful British accent): “Because you lost the bloody war!”

  7. Gravatar Agent K Says

    Lol!

  8. Gravatar Whatever Says

    i love brits.


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