Cub Driver wrote:
I often listen to the tower at Pease tradeport (and National Guard
base) across the bay. Professional pilots regularly thank the tower,
and routinely say "G'day" upon departing the Delta airspace.

I noticed the same behaviour consistently at TYS and erratically elsewhere in
the eastern U.S..

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.