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American Airlines Pilot Gets Petty Over Radio Phraseology Reprimand
After being reprimanded by an air traffic controller over bad phraseology, an American Airlines pilot became very bitter and petty on frequency. (www.gatechecked.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I am not a pilot and my experience on aircraft is limited to my time as a passenger. My response to any pilot shortcutting phraseology is one word: Tenerife.
Appears to be a clear case of gross lack of professionalism... Inexcusable and unacceptable from any pilot let alone one in the left seat of a commercial airline like American.
All pilots deviate from standard phraseology at times. Such as dropping the ATC facility name after initial check in for expediency or saying your call sign at the end of a read back of a list of instructions instead of at the beginning. However, dropping the call sign or runway assignment is never acceptable.
There are certain radio calls that need to meet a "legal area" and in those, the full call sign MUST be said. ATC let's us get away with a lot, but when they ask for the callsign, realize that you are probably in the "legal area" and they need it not only to make sure the correct aircraft is responding but to meet the legal requirements being recorded.
In this case, a professional pilot being non-professional.
In this case, a professional pilot being non-professional.
The controller should have advised the pilot to call them on the ground. Reprimanding the pilot over the air was just another power trip by the controller to show that he was 'the boss'. Both parties f***ed up in this case!
Did you notice that EVERY comment in this thread received a negative thumbs down? What does that say about the professionalism exhibited here ....