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“I’ve got a phone number for you to write down. Are you ready to record it?”

“Uh...no?”

I imagine a jet pack forces some interesting takes on related technology that pilots are used to having access to when in a cockpit.




For the non-pilots: if ATC gives you a phone number to call after you land, it means you really screwed up. (It's the number for the supervisor, who is thinking about filing a "pilot deviation report" with the FAA.)


The pilots I know describe these calls informally as,

"Mr. Braithwaite, would you step into my office? Bring your license, and a match."


This thread spurred me to listen to some clips, and I just happened across an 'I'll give you the number when you're ready to copy' example:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=mUSUXnr4dSo


<dj kahlid>Another one</dj kahlid>

https://youtu.be/OrRRMoDC_jA




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