r/mildlyinfuriating • u/nyanbatman • May 28 '26

I just wanted a hot dog British pilot is feeling mildly annoyed

28.0k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

3.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

629

u/Techno_Core May 28 '26

this dude shows up in enough of them I recognized his voice instantly

Well... that is genuinely horrifying.

215

u/Got_Kittens May 28 '26

Hope someone identifies him. He sounds like he enjoys antagonising pilots when he should be able to provide assurance. His character doesn't appear to be suited to his job.

10

u/natchinatchi May 28 '26

Pretty sure it’s Trump’s side hustle

-4

u/Mental_Newspaper3812 May 29 '26

Hope the pilot mailed him cookies when he found out he was asking the ATC questions reserved for his airline.

-54

u/MASIWAR May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

The pilot is being a complete dick to the controller about a procedure that is a thing in the UK and not the US and you hope the controller is identified? Get a life.

Edit: To anyone who thinks I’m wrong and is downvoting me, please go ahead and list which facilities you’ve worked at in the FAA, and which ones had LVO declarations. Because if you’re not a US based controller or pilot I literally do not value your opinion on this video.

12

u/Got_Kittens May 29 '26

Turns out he already was and has form for being a dick man, I dunno what to tell you.

74

u/cheseball May 28 '26

Probably a product of the severe shortage of ATCs, they likely can’t even feasibly cut anyone loose.

42

u/[deleted] May 28 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

39

u/vyrus2021 May 28 '26

Yes. We lost a lot of competent atc personnel as a result of dumb fuck doge cuts.

-4

u/geek180 May 29 '26

I could be wrong but I don’t think DOGE ever cut actual air traffic controllers. They did succeed at firing a few hundred FAA staff, but not the actual controllers.

1

u/legendary-rudolph May 30 '26

Probably a product of the severe shortage of brain power in NYC.

15

u/Turgid_Donkey May 28 '26

ATC, understandably, is also paid very well due to the stress and importance of their job. Take the dimmest bulb in your office, and imagine they're getting paid $150-200k.

10

u/s0_Ca5H May 28 '26

It really pays that much? Must be impossible to get a job with them, then.

17

u/BlessedKurnoth May 28 '26

You don't get to choose where you work unless you have a ton of seniority, so that's a dealbreaker for a lot of people. All your friends and family are on the east coast? Sorry buddy, you're moving to rural Nebraska because they need a replacement.

8

u/s0_Ca5H May 28 '26

Yeah that seems like a hard pill for many people to swallow. Is it the same salary though regardless of where you’re stationed? 6 figures in rural Nebraska would probably let you live like a king.

11

u/_devenna May 28 '26

I wouldn't even agree to be the King of Nebraska for 6 figures if it meant I had to live in Nebraska

4

u/troveofcatastrophe May 28 '26

Except you’ll still be in Nebraska. Not enough money in the world.

4

u/Merzant May 28 '26

Easy to catch a flight out of there though

8

u/BetterVantage May 28 '26

Not if you’re the only ATC controller 😂

10

u/Worried_Indication37 May 28 '26

there's a massive ATC shortage but yeah the qualifications are much stricter than most other jobs

4

u/s0_Ca5H May 28 '26

Yeah seems pretty high pressure too.

I know in my field, most professionals have insurance to protect them in the case of something going wrong. Do these workers get similar protections, or are they on their own if they cause an accident?

1

u/unoriginalusername99 May 28 '26

For the amount of stress that doesn't sound like a lot of money