Unfortunately I have suffered a similar outburst from New York
Departure/Approach on 118.0, and often hear other pilots being given a
verbal bashing. New York is understaffed and has recently been held
accountable for a number of errors, and I guess the stress must be too much
for some. There are two in particular that I dread to hear when I switch
over, and sure enough I had the misfortune to be stuck with one a couple of
weeks ago when I took my first solo trip away from the airport to a practice
area north of ISP. I understand the importance of the job they provide, but
some just do not seem capable of acting professionaly when under stress.

That being said, there are two ways to ruin my day. One being to yell
unprofessionally, and the second failing to provide my separation. Yell if
you must!

On the flips-side, thanks go to the controllers at ISP who have been more
than accomodating during my training, even when I probably did deserve more
than a correction or gentle reminder

Trevor Cudmore

"Jim Burns" wrote in message
...
This past Sunday, while visiting Lawrenceville, GA (KLZU Class C just
under
the outer ATL Class B), traffic was landing and departing 25. The
controller was busy, coordinating with Atlanta, handling clearance
delivery,
ground, and tower simultaneously. He was broadcasting on all frequencies,
while receiving GC/CD and Tower separately. We started engines and
prepared
to call for taxi instructions when I heard him blurt out "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!"