Air Traffic Priority

Richard Pavlicek

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Nov 9, 2009, 3:55:04 AM11/9/09

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Pilot: This is United 480 approaching at 240 degrees.
Request clearance to land.

Control Tower: Copy, United 480. Level off at 3000 feet
and maintain heading while we finish this hand.

-RP

Rich

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Nov 9, 2009, 7:09:10 AM11/9/09

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I always assumed the Northwest airline pilots who overshot Minneapolis
by 150 miles were bridge players.

RR

Rob Tamlyn

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Nov 9, 2009, 9:13:56 AM11/9/09

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2*Rich

I subscribe to this newsgroup for the screaming and yelling. For humor,
I listen to Glenn Beck. So please lets get back to our serious business...

Rob

David Stevenson

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Nov 9, 2009, 11:05:30 AM11/9/09

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Rob Tamlyn wrote

Nope, I like a bit of humour.

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Phil

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Nov 9, 2009, 11:29:37 AM11/9/09

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On Nov 9, 3:55 am, "Richard Pavlicek" <rich...@rpbridge.net> wrote:

> Pilot: This is United 480 approaching at 240 degrees.
> Request clearance to land.
>

> Control Tower: Copy, Level off and maintain heading while we finish this hand.
...
Pilot: Roger, what altitude?

Control Tower (to dummy): Low, please. What is your fuel status.

Pilot (to copilot who just showed out of trumps): Having none.

Rob Tamlyn

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Nov 10, 2009, 9:55:54 AM11/10/09

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David Stevenson wrote:
> Rob Tamlyn wrote
>> Rich wrote:
>>> On Nov 9, 3:55 am, "Richard Pavlicek" <rich...@rpbridge.net> wrote:
>>>> Pilot: This is United 480 approaching at 240 degrees.
>>>> Request clearance to land.
>>>>
>>>> Control Tower: Copy, United 480. Level off at 3000 feet
>>>> and maintain heading while we finish this hand.
>>>>
>>>> -RP
>>> I always assumed the Northwest airline pilots who overshot Minneapolis
>>> by 150 miles were bridge players.
>>> RR
>>
>> 2*Rich
>>
>> I subscribe to this newsgroup for the screaming and yelling. For
>> humor, I listen to Glenn Beck. So please lets get back to our serious
>> business...
>
> Nope, I like a bit of humour.
>

Only a bit?

It is quite amusing how seriously we take our bridge discussions. Pesky
and Railroad made us laugh today. I hope it becomes the norm rather than
the exception.

My nickname among coworkers is 2 Beer Tarzan. Do you have one?

Michael Angelo Ravera

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Nov 10, 2009, 3:27:03 PM11/10/09

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I don't even want to imagine a scheduled flight degination that sounds
like a card or contract..... or an altitude that sounds like a score
or a rate of decent that souds ike the score of a failed contract.

ATC: Trebol 4, say vertical speed
TA4: <marking the score> [mumble]Treboles down 300.

Ian Payn

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Nov 11, 2009, 5:19:20 AM11/11/09

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++++Oh my God, the stewardess is flying the plane! And the ATC guys
are playing bridge! Looks like I picked the wrong week to give up
smoking...

David Stevenson

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Nov 11, 2009, 7:58:25 AM11/11/09

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Rob Tamlyn wrote

>My nickname among coworkers is 2 Beer Tarzan. Do you have one?

No doubt. Fortunately, they do not tell me what it is.

David Babcock

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Nov 11, 2009, 6:40:09 PM11/11/09

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On Nov 10, 9:55 am, Rob Tamlyn <xtam...@gmail.com> wrote:

> My nickname among coworkers is 2 Beer Tarzan. Do you have one?

One??? Heck, I have *two* brews. Pilsner Urquell and Sierra Nevada
Pale Ale are my suds of choice and they are always at hand, but I will
be happy to lay in a stock of whatever you like. Just let me know
when you will be in the neighborhood.

David

Douglas Newlands

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Nov 11, 2009, 8:16:47 PM11/11/09

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Does this relate in any way to the Australianism "2 pot screamer"?

Doug,
Tasmania

Andrew

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Nov 12, 2009, 1:53:01 PM11/12/09

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On Nov 11, 5:16 pm, Douglas Newlands <douglas.newla...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Wow. There are no people like the Australians for pithy
colloquialisms! However I note that a "pot screamer" would have a
rather different implication here in California...

Andrew