Least favorite ATC instructions... ... ...

"No clearance until you've repaired that radio".

(well justified, by the way)

Repost, but I can still remember hearing this over the radio while at
Lawrenceville, GA....

"Cessna 1234 go
around NOW!!! YOU ARE LINED UP WITH RUNWAY 7, YOU WERE CLEARED TO LAND
RUNWAY 25, 25 IS THE ACTIVE RUNWAY, RIGHT TURN, GO AROUND NOW!!! I HAVE
LANDING TRAFFIC 25!!" (this guy was rightfully ****ed and obviously
rattled) Then he issued a right turn and a go around to traffic landing 25
and lit into the Cessna driver again. "What were you doing? why were you
landing runway 7, I cleared you #2 on 25" The Cessna pilot must have
responded with some excuse about a mistake and the controller came back
"mistakes are what get people in airplanes killed, next time you make sure
you know where you are! Now join a left downwind for Runway 25, that's
runway 25, traffic at your 3:00 opposite direction, a Piper on an upwind leg
for runway 25, I said runway 25!"

Nope, I wasn't the driver of either airplane, I was already on the ground.

Jim




"caleb" wrote in message
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My top three a

1) "TAKE IMMEDIATE EVASIVE ACTION!"

2) "Execute Published Missed Approach WITH OUT DELAY, and hold at the
outer marker"

and as Ben Jackson said:

3) "cleared to land on any runway"

around NOW!!! YOU ARE LINED UP WITH RUNWAY 7, YOU WERE CLEARED TO LAND
RUNWAY 25, 25 IS THE ACTIVE RUNWAY, RIGHT TURN, GO AROUND NOW!!! I HAVE
LANDING TRAFFIC 25!!" (this guy was rightfully ****ed and obviously
rattled) Then he issued a right turn and a go around to traffic landing
25
and lit into the Cessna driver again. "What were you doing? why were you
landing runway 7, I cleared you #2 on 25" The Cessna pilot must have
responded with some excuse about a mistake and the controller came back
"mistakes are what get people in airplanes killed, next time you make sure
you know where you are! Now join a left downwind for Runway 25, that's
runway 25, traffic at your 3:00 opposite direction, a Piper on an upwind
leg
for runway 25, I said runway 25!"


Reminds me of a guy a couple a weeks ago in Kissimmee Gateway (ISM), he was
told to do a right pattern for runway 15, then he
turned right when he was midfield.... or the student that was coming home
way to late so it was dark. He was about to land
on highway 192 when the controller told him that his transponder was
reporting an altitude of 150 and the controller still didn't have him in
sight... the same student landed in Melbourne (tower controlled) thinking he
was in Sebastian (non controlled), doing fine on the radio exept
it was on the wrong frequency. He landed in Melbourne, taxied back and did
an immidiate departure, tower was a bit
p****d off that day.

In article .com,
"caleb" wrote:

My top three a

1) "TAKE IMMEDIATE EVASIVE ACTION!"

2) "Execute Published Missed Approach WITH OUT DELAY, and hold at the
outer marker"

and as Ben Jackson said:

3) "cleared to land on any runway"

.... break, Aircraft calling, remain clear and try again in 15 minutes, break....

--
Bob Noel
New NHL? what a joke

"Cleared to land on any runway" isn't bad. You get that when you are
doing a contact approach (at least a KSAC). How about "Call tower after
shutdown".

-Robert

Cleared to land any runway means one of two things. The wind is calm and
you are the only Traffic. or....
You are having a bad day, declared an emergency and need to land now!
I have had the second one once.....
Michelle

Robert M. Gary wrote:

"Cleared to land on any runway" isn't bad. You get that when you are
doing a contact approach (at least a KSAC). How about "Call tower after
shutdown".

-Robert

Is that true? I always get "cleared to land any runway" after a contact
approach. I'm not sure if all contact approches are that way or if this
is something specific to the operation.

-Robert

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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Is that true? I always get "cleared to land any runway" after a contact
approach. I'm not sure if all contact approches are that way or if this
is something specific to the operation.


Well, all contact approaches can't be that way as all contact approaches are
not flown at towered fields and a landing clearance requires a towered
field. The phrase "cleared to land any runway" does not appear in FAA
Order 7110.65.

How about "expect 30 minute delay for release". I got this Feburary
from Brown field after clearing customs and having taxied to the
runway. Apparently, ATC doesn't know what to do when they actually get
IMC in SoCal.

-Robert

"caleb" wrote in message
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My top three a


Six Mike Kilo, you are number seven behind the United heavy.....