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On The Air: March 2019

I fired the flight attendant. And the ticket agent. Pick your own seat. Pour your own glass of wine. Theres no ramp guy either. So you wont see him/her throw your bag into the cart from 20 feet and miss while you watch helplessly from your seat wondering if that nice bottle of red wine has now made all your clothes red.

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Key Takeaways:

  • The article presents several humorous aviation anecdotes, including an air traffic controller mistaking a truck for an aircraft on radar and the FAA's removal of politically-themed waypoints.
  • A private pilot offers a satirical list of "rules" for passengers in his personal plane, highlighting the stark contrast between the freedom and lack of bureaucracy in private aviation versus the restrictive and frustrating experience of commercial air travel.
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A few months ago, we heard this on Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Approach as we were flying through the area:

Controller: “Cessna 123, traffic three o’clock, two miles.”

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