Bucky wrote:

I'm not a pilot, just your typical passenger. I don't fly United
often,
so I just discovered that they put the ATC on the inflight audio.
snip

if you enjoy listening to air traffic control, here is a web site that
carries live (usually 30 second to two minute delay) atc frequency
feeds from around the world:

http://www.liveatc.net/

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Peter