Lonely up there?

"Peter R." wrote in message
...
Robert Chambers wrote:

And if they are really busy they clear you to land, taxi to parking this
frequency, good night.

"Enjoy your nap," I always have been tempted to say.

Can anyone beat this? I was once cleared to 60-mile final approach course to
Glens Falls, NY (KGFL) while still around the Pittsfield, Mass area. I guess
the guy was bored.

Marco




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Marco Leon mmleonyahoo.com wrote:

Can anyone beat this? I was once cleared to 60-mile final approach course to
Glens Falls, NY (KGFL) while still around the Pittsfield, Mass area. I guess
the guy was bored.

Reads to me as if the controller was going for the record, too.

--
Peter

"Marco Leon" mmleon(at)yahoo.com wrote in message
...

Can anyone beat this? I was once cleared to 60-mile final approach course
to
Glens Falls, NY (KGFL) while still around the Pittsfield, Mass area. I
guess
the guy was bored.


"Cleared to 60-mile final approach course"? What does that mean?

Rich wrote:
paul kgyy wrote:

It appeared to be a long time since last hearing from ATC on a recent
flight, and sure enough, "27D can you still hear us?". I still could,
and they transferred me to a local approach control.

Anybody ever just call them up to see if they forgot about you? I did
that once over Toledo.


I usually try to legitimize my call (a bit) by asking for the altimeter
setting. Makes it seem like I'm busy "tending shop".

Why don't you feel that checking if your radio is still working is
legitimate?


Matt