Air Traffic Controllers Destroy INCOMPETENT Pilots in 6 Shocking Instances!

pilot and air traffic controller often share a bittersweet relationship..i mean obviously they dont get to see each other but that doesnt restrict them for achieving their best possible interest out of each other.. keeping the flight safety paramount ofcourse..after all they are dealing with people's lives right. it doesnt mean they cant have some fun though.. sometimes they argue with each other..sometimes atc gets mad at pilot..sometimes pilot gets mad at atc.. or maybe some light hearted flirting.. they also try to get some (undue) advantage of each other.. and sometimes the passengers becomes the butt of the jokes for the wrong reasons.. but at the end of the day At the end of the day, they may have their spats, play practical jokes, and engage in some friendly banter, but they always come together for the grand finale: ensuring everyone lands safely and with a smile. After all, safety first, comedy second – but a close second!... here are 6 instances when angry ATC destroyed incompetent pilots
for taking off wrong runway
not knowing departure procedures
for flying too slow
getting into class D airspace without permission
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#realatc
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#realatc
#aviation
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[RaceMentally]

“I don’t have a pen”. I’m using that one lol

[SGTSnakeUSMC]

Calling ATC "buddy" is an easy way to find out the Tower's phone number

[francescaf]

The controller’s wife had just left him for a twin Cessna pilot 👨‍✈️🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️😆😎

[ChopperChad]

I flew commercial for 20 yrs and ATC has become less helpful and more authoritarian with a tendency unprofessionally quibble over everything. In my early days ATC and aircrew felt more like a team working together. Now it feels adversarial.

[markwallace]

I don't have a pen, I'll be back... 🤣🤣🤣

[jeffreybell]

San Carlos tower has it's own departure names that do not appear on the normal FAA sheets. You have to go talk to the guys at the Cafe to find out.

[smartysmarty]

In some of these examples, ATC participates a lot in making a simple situation worse. Once they start yelling and acting entitled and childish about an infraction, the situation is bound to get worse. A lot of these controllers should be dropping fries rather than flaunting their perceived authority. In 30 years of flying, I've definitely come across my share of bad ones and your only defense is to shut up and say as little as possible as they have their little melt-downs.

[drsudz]

Surprise, surprise... It's San Carlos ATC. (The same ATC that got in trouble for argung with a student pilot flying with an FAA pilot examiner.) Those controllers all seem to think they're the re-incarnation of JFK's controllers. And it's a contract ATC, you'd think they'd be nicer...

[charlesprenaveau]

57DA was at my home airpod KOWD. I was the one who sent this audio in originally haha! I recommend you watch this whole thing. Also this controller is a man, not a woman and gets very mad when people call him "ma'am" lol

[Account]

The first example, N414TM, gets a pass. The "procedures" that San Carlos TWR mentions are voluntary procedures that aren't published publicly and are realistically only available to locals. The party that is actually incompetent here is San Carlos TWR for being an asshole to a transient who couldn't know better, and better yet, that tower has a track record of being brash to otherwise well-meaning pilots.

[gcorriveau]

Some great examples of Controllers 'venting' on the frequency instead of just doing their jobs... Most of these issues need to be handled 'off line' with a phone call or just file a deviation and let that sort it out. The last thing a disoriented pilot needs is an argument/chastisement on the frequency. meh .

[hepdepaddel]

What an arrogant controller the first one is. „Are you a Diamond“? „I expect more from a Cessna?“ Well, I fly Diamond aircraft and I always know my airspace. Though sometimes I also just state where I want to go so that ATC can choose how they want me to leave the CTR - as they sees fit. However, if they ask you for your departure route you should always know your preferred one. No matter if it‘s a Diamond, Cessna, Piper or an Airbus.

[TractorMonkeywithJL]

I was never comfortable talking on the radio which is one reason I gave up getting my license. I was about 20 years old at the time. I got yelled at one time myself when I was on a solo VFR flight. This was back before GPS and the plane I learned on had nothing but the basics, not even a transponder. I was never able to get a good handle on exactly how to judge my distance from the airport when contacting the tower. For example do I say I'm 5 miles out or 8 miles out or what. I was afraid I would give the wrong distance. The mistake I made was I contacted the tower and instead of saying my distance from the airport I told them I was over a particular landmark. That got me a very nasty sounding "I don't know were that is" remark from the tower. So I just made a guess and said I'm 10 miles south which got me a radar contact response back. I don't blame the guy but I felt about 2 inches tall after that. I made it as far as passing the written test, but on my final check ride from the head instructor I got nervous and got yelled at the during landing. I never went back and that was that. Just as well, flying is too expensive for the average person, especially being it was just going to be a hobby for me and not a job. Now days I just enjoy flight sim 2020. At least I didn't get a phone number to call. lol

[thefungusshow]

0:26 All of those procedures that ATC mentions are VOLUNTARY procedures not listed in any official FAA publication. The Airport Facility Directory only gives a number to call for information about noise abatement procedures. If they are that concerned about pilots following the voluntary noise abatement procedures, they could just put a note in the AFD directing the pilots to the airport website instead of suggesting that they call a phone number that probably would not even be answered after hours. The procure is voluntary and the pilot told him he wanted a 114 heading to Bakersfield. The only response from tower should have been "Fly 114 heading, cleared for takeoff" If that heading takes a VFR pilot into other airspace, the pilot himself is responsible for coordinating with the other facilities.

[TractorMonkeywithJL]

I kind of felt bad for the guy getting yelled at for taxing the wrong way.

[JustPlainRob]

Some of these were just super unprofessional controllers. They have such an ego they don't realize they're actually endangering people by acting like that.

[DrummerJacob]

This is what I heard from my background as a FSX Pilot: Roger Rodger, Whats your vector Victor, Over Oveur.

[scottmeischen]

Unless the pilot is flying IFR, he has no reason to look up published IFR departure routes. He is clearly flying VFR. This controller is way out of line in this situation.

[jamesunger]

I got a stern talking to by the Chief Pilot of my flight school after I disregarded a tower instruction to extend my upwind for an arriving A/C, I basically cut in front of him. Lucky I did not receive the phone number but I got a serious talking to and further instruction on departure procedures. After this I was seriously focussed on doing everything well and professionally, aced my flight tests including my intense IFR check ride....went off to Africa to fly bush planes...came close to a job but didn't pan out....back home I went up north and worked ramp for a year and a half and decided that I did not want to earn minimum wage for a few more years while I build time (I was late 30's then) so I abandoned my short lived career and started a new career....yet...I dream about flying again! It was extremely rewarding! I loved it but not for a career! Flying is a bug...if you get the bug, you never want to leave because it never leaves you!

[akfox]

733ZY busts the class D airspace, gets a controller who sounded like he would have let it go originally, then chews out the controller for not responding to him quick enough as a defense for busting said airspace.... lol... not surprising the controller got really quiet then told him to have a pen ready! Surprised he didn't tell him where to stick the pen...