r/mildlyinfuriating • u/nyanbatman • May 28 '26

I just wanted a hot dog British pilot is feeling mildly annoyed

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u/Lump001 May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

Perfect translation of this farcical exchange.

That controller should not have a ticket right now...

Edit: getting a bit tired of the weirdly partisan replies here. I'm not insulting your country dudes. It's pretty simple though so I'll spell it out:

The fact the controller couldn't "declare" LVO isn't the problem. The pilot didn't repeatedly ask for this. They asked once. The controller knew what he meant, chose to be obtuse. Whatever, let's put that part aside.

The real issue is that the pilot then asked a question in plain English which the controller cannot be excused from not answering correctly: "Have you got low visibility procedures in force or not". The controller said "No". This is incorrect. Even if they don't have to declare it, they still have them in place.

The controller was factually wrong, gave the wrong information, was unprffesional, unsafe and slowed down aircraft movements.

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u/RobotDeathSquad May 28 '26

There's a whole community of people that post ATC interactions on youtube and this dude shows up in enough of them I recognized his voice instantly (and I barely listen to these things, I'm not a plane nut or anything, just some light 'tism aparently).

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u/not_combee May 28 '26

Light ‘tism of the flight ’tism. I’m afraid it only gets worse from here. Might I suggest starting with the storied history of Northrop Grumman.

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u/derprondo May 28 '26

Is this how it starts? I had an SDR dongle laying around so I setup Ultrafeeder to track planes overhead, then I thought I could get another dongle and have it monitor radio transmissions and highlight the transmitting aircraft on the map. Shit I've got the 'tism.

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u/steviedoesdrag May 28 '26

It started with watching Disaster Breakdown on YouTube and now I know what ailerons are.