The Air Traffic Controllers at Frankfurt Airport in Germany are renowned as a short-tempered lot. They not only expect you to already know your gate parking location, but also how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange [...]

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Any More Complaints?
The controller working a busy pattern told the 727 on downwind to make a three-sixty (do a complete circle, usually to provide spacing between aircraft). The pilot of the 727 complained, ‘Do you know it costs us two thousand dollars to make a three-sixty in this airplane?’ Without missing a beat the controller [...]

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During taxi, the crew of a US Air departure flight to Ft. Lauderdale made a wrong turn and came nose to nose with a United Airlines B727. The irate ground controller (a female) lashed out at the US Air crew screaming “US Air 2771, where are you going? I told you to turn right on [...]

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