fun with controllers at OSU

I wouldn't really call it unfriendly, it just seems they contradict
themselves sometimes, then blame the pilot for the mistake

One time I was with my instructor, we were in Buckeye 4 (N40SU) waiting at
9R. The governor's king air was taxiing out to 9R from the north side. I
believe their tail # was N440H or something like that, it had a 4 and an OH
on the end. Anyway, I call up the tower and tell them we are ready to go.
tower : '40SU position and hold'. we roll out and stop, with the king air on
the taxiway on the north side, waiting.
so 30-45 seconds go by, no instructions to anybody, no radio comm. Then,
tower: '40SU, exit rw 9R'. What the hell!? I was speechless. I just looked
at my instructor, who was shaking his head.
Later, when we were done with the lesson, he had talked to the controller, I
don't know who initiated the call. But he told me that the controller had
read him the riot act about 'holding up the governor' and all this crap. The
idiot just read the wrong call sign and wouldn't admit it. If he would have
just cleared us to go, we would have been gone and out of the way. By having
us hold, then exit probably ate up a couple of minutes.

"Bruce E Butts" wrote in message
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I fly out of OSU as well and have found that since it is a Non Federal
Control Tower the controllers there can have an unfriendly attitude
depending on which controller is working at the time. I do not know them
except having met the control tower manager a few times, he is concerned
about the less than friendly treatment that students and others get at
OSU so I encourage you to call.

The management is aware that they have a reputation as being nonstudent
friendly and have encouraged local pilots to respond to surveys
regarding the service.

It sounds like to me that the controller made a mistake.

Bruce.