Least favorite ATC instructions... ... ...
I had an un-favorite dialog at a Class D once. There were three of us
in the pattern:
Tower: Cessna 123, clear touch-and-go 27R.
Cessna 123: Cessna 123.
Tower, Cessna 456, you're number two, clear touch-and-go 27R.
Cessna 456: Umm, okay, clear touch-and-go 27R.
Me: Tower, Cessna 789, I believe I'm number 2 for 27R.
Tower: Cessna 789, you're number 3, continue downwind, I'll call your
base leg.
Me: 789, I'm 1/2 mile final 27R, departing traffic in sight, no one
else.
(pause)
Me: Tower, 789, confirm I'm clear touch-and-go 27R.
(pause)
Me: Tower, 789 going around 27R.
(pause)
Citation: Tower, Citation XXX, 6 miles out, visiual 27L.
(pause)
Tower: Okay, which aircraft is on final 27R?
Me: 789 over the numbers, going around 27R.
Cessna 456: I'm turning base for 27R.
(pause)
Tower: Cessna 789, turn crosswind now, right traffic for 27R.
Me: Okay, confirm you want me to turn in front of Cessna 123 for right
traffic 27R.
(new voice from the tower, no pause)
Tower: Skyhawk 789, continue runway heading, follow the Cessna on
crosswind, right traffic 27R.
Me: Okay, Skyhawk 789.
Tower: Cessna 456, clear touch-and-go 27R.
Cessna 456: Clear touch and go, Cessna 456.
Tower: Citation XXX, clear to land 27L, three Cessnas in the pattern on
the parallel.
Citation: We're lookin', clear to land 27L.
Tower: Skyhawk 123, you're number two, clear touch-and-go 27R.
Cessna 123: Cessna 123.
.... whereupon my instructor said to me, "Well, someone's going to get a
phone call, that first guy was the same controller who tried to kill me
yesterday."
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