"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Ever heard of German corner? Rhine assumes the entie planet
knows
where it
is. just for instance.


Bertie
True, but if you ask they tell you how find it, radial and distance
from KRH, a bit easier than a landmark. ;-)


So will anyone in the US...

Bertie

True again, but is easier to give a radial/distance from a VOR than
describe a Landmark

And then German corner is just used aa a short cut, not a reporting
point, if you don't know where it is they can clear you to KRH


Yes, i know.


But if you really want to get into a ****ing contest about german
controllers....




there was this guy in Frankfurt who cleared me to take off when we were
still on the taxiway, almost a half a mile from the end of the runway.
We accepted, and then did our checks. We lined up, and just to be sure,
asked him once again if we were cleared for takeoff... He freaked on us
and started this minute long tirade about how he had cleared us and how
we had wasted time now asking again.

Still not as bad as the Swiss controller who had 3 aircraft and managed to
run 2 of them together.