Air-traffic control.
Originally Posted 2/28/2009.
As much as I love it, here’s the problem I have with flying.
When the pilot comes on the intercom while you’re taxing to the runway and says,
“Welcome to flight 4488 with service to East Bum-fuck, Canada. This is your captain speaking. Right now we’re second or third in line for departure. Estimated arrival time is around fourteen hundred hours.”
Okay.
So…are we second in line, or third? That seems like kind of an important thing for a pilot to know. At least I would certainly think so.
If he assumes we’re next and we’re not, and we take off and get hit by another plane taking off…well, shit.
But if he assumes we’re third and fucks up the order, then we’ll be sitting on the tarmac for hours.
This is a lose-lose situation for me.
