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While taxiing at
London Gatwick, the crew of a US Air flight departing for Ft. Lauderdale
made a wrong turn and came nose to nose with a United 767. An irate female
ground controller lashed out at the US Air crew, screaming: "US Air 2771,
where the hell are you going? I told you to turn right onto Charlie taxiway!
You turned right on Delta! Stop right there. I know it's difficult for you
to tell the difference between Cs and Ds, but get it right!"
Continuing her
tirade to the embarrassed crew, she was now shouting hysterically: "God,
you've screwed everything up! It'll take forever to sort this out! You stay
right there and don't move till I tell you to! You can expect progressive
taxi instructions in about half an hour and I want you to go exactly where I
tell you, when I tell you, and how I tell you! You got that, US Air 2771?"
"Yes ma'am," the
humbled crew responded. Naturally the ground control frequency went terribly
silent after the verbal bashing of US Air 2771. Nobody wanted to engage the
irate ground controller in her current state. Tension in every cockpit at
LGW was running high. Then an unknown pilot broke the silence and asked:
"Wasn't I
married to you once?"
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