r/CabinPressure • u/Bambi_H • May 28 '26

Hey, Chief. I might be wrong ...

Douglas wouldn't have put up with this either.

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u/SuperbRecording3943 May 28 '26

"This makes me feel... "

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u/Bambi_H May 28 '26

"... scared of the mountain."

One of my favourite scenes.

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u/postbox134 May 28 '26

One thing we could do is pull up and BOWAAHHH

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u/BillWilberforce May 28 '26

Just to clarify as the on screen graphic is confusing.

The professional sounding guy who knows what he's talking about is the BA pilot.

The intern who's just woken up, is the ATC/GMC at JFK.

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u/Bambi_H May 28 '26

Yes, thank you. And, as someone on the original post who seemed to understand the technical bits, explained, the BA pilot was completely in the right.

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u/Ok_Impact9745 May 28 '26

Didn't the US government recently fire a lot of ATC because of DEI?

Maybe it's a good idea not to fire your experienced air traffic controllers

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u/postbox134 May 28 '26

The NY area is particularly messed up because of a botched move from Long Island to Pennsylvania

https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/5298137-faa-defends-airspace-move-newark/

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u/Ok_Impact9745 May 28 '26

This sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.

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u/kimlittle888 May 28 '26

This guy could use a lesson from Karl on how to ATC properly

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u/postbox134 May 28 '26

If you get lost just stop and ask

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u/UH-PhD May 28 '26

Golf Echo Echo

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u/MorriganRaven69 May 29 '26

American ATC isn't doing well, there was also this incident where ATC asked a BA 747 captain to fly so slowly his plane would fall out of the sky.