ATC in a poor light, but because this tower controller simply wasn’t that busy. I was horribly embarrassed to be one of the few Americans on board the Lineage this morning, not simply because it showed U.S. Tough place to live if that’s the case, I thought.įor you non-controllers, the proper technique is to tell the pilot about other traffic when they’re asked him to line up, specifically so everybody’s in the loop, although as close as the landing traffic apparently was, this takeoff would have never worked anyway. The non-flying pilot just looked at me as the PIC complied with this angry controller’s instructions. Cross the runway and make a 180 and hold short again.” The irritation in this guy’s voice was unmistakable. “PP-XTE, you’re too slow getting out there. That’s when the local controller reminded us he was still having a bad day, even though there was very little traffic on the frequency. When our turn came up again, the controller told the flying pilot to “taxi into position on 9 Left.” Perhaps four or five seconds passed as the 100,000 lbs. None of us saw the airplane and I would have called ready too. “PP-XTE, I didn’t respond because there’s an airplane on final.” (The italics indicate points of obvious sarcasm … the controller’s, not mine) He made it clear we should have simply KNOWN that. The non-flying pilot called again and this time the controller reacted. We approached the 9 Left hold short lines on “Taxiway Lima” and called ready for takeoff, but there was no response from the tower on 119.1. I pretty much agree, especially having flown across the Brazilian rainforests these guys call their homeland.Īs we taxied out to runway 9 Left at West Palm Beach, the local controller at PBI got snippy with the pilot, enough so that I’d like to have climbed off the jump-seat and hidden beneath it rather than continue listening. ATC, commenting there was none to compare with it anywhere in the world. Just prior to engine start this warm, sunny Florida morning, they’d both been telling me about how impressed they were with U.S. It was all part of a Pilot Report I was writing for one of the aviation magazines. In the hours before this New Jersey trip I’d gotten to know the two Embraer pilots – Edson and Prado – pretty well since they’d functioned as my flight instructors during my left seat time on the E-190. If I’m not in the left seat, I’m usually pretty close as I was last week on board an Embraer Lineage enroute from West Palm Beach Florida to Teterboro. One of t he truly enjoyable parts of life – for me at least – is the chance to travel often aboard a business airplane.
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