A little humor? I can't vouch personally for this story, but it was told to
me by a pilot as the truth, and does have a humorous tint.

It was during the slow-down by the controllers at the major terminals - that
was when? - the early '60's? - at Chicago O'Hare. Planes were stacked up
waiting to depart, jockeying for position, and tempers were warm in the
cockpits. It's assumed that in his confusion some guy dropped his mike, and
in his grappling to recover it, he accidently depressed the button and he
was heard to say, " Man! I'm all f-ed up!" Immediately the tower demanded
"Who said that! What's your number!" There was a long period of absolute
silence, from everybody, and a quiet voice piped up, "I ain't THAT f-ed up!"

I heard this one... ATC was very busy and finally issued a
hold to about a dozen aircraft. One of the aircraft said
"Bull****." The controller lost his temper and said, "Who
said bull****?"

Every aircraft came back with... United 123, negative on the
bull****. American 234, negative on the bull****. This was
the reply from all the aircraft.



"birdog" > wrote in message
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|A little humor? I can't vouch personally for this story,
but it was told to
| me by a pilot as the truth, and does have a humorous tint.
|
| It was during the slow-down by the controllers at the
major terminals - that
| was when? - the early '60's? - at Chicago O'Hare. Planes
were stacked up
| waiting to depart, jockeying for position, and tempers
were warm in the
| cockpits. It's assumed that in his confusion some guy
dropped his mike, and
| in his grappling to recover it, he accidently depressed
the button and he
| was heard to say, " Man! I'm all f-ed up!" Immediately the
tower demanded
| "Who said that! What's your number!" There was a long
period of absolute
| silence, from everybody, and a quiet voice piped up, "I
ain't THAT f-ed up!"
|
|