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Old 17 January 2007, 06:50 AM
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Nothing like trivializing my career field (badly) in order to put down those filthy a-rabs, right? The original I got in my inbox had a picture of an airline captain holding a huge machine gun and the text was large and in red for even more emphasis in case the exclamation points weren't enough, I guess.
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TEXAS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL


1 more time , it's still funny !!!!!!!

TEXAS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL


Dallas ATC: "Tower to Saudi Air 911--You are cleared to land eastbound on runway 9R."

Saudi Air: "Thank you Dallas ATC. Acknowledge cleared to land on infidel's runway 9R --Allah be Praised!!"

Dallas ATC: "Tower to Iran Air 711--You are cleared to land westbound on runway 9R."

Iran Air: "Thank you Dallas ATC. We are cleared to land on infidel's runway 9R. - Allah is Great!!"

Pause: Static............

Saudi Air: "DALLAS ATC! DALLAS ATC!!!"

Dallas ATC: "Go ahead Saudi Air 911?"

Saudi Air: "YOU HAVE CLEARED BOTH OUR AIRCRAFT FOR THE SAME RUNWAY GOING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS!!! WE ARE ON A COLLISION COURSE!!! INSTRUCTIONS PLEASE!!!

Dallas ATC: "Well bless your hearts. Y'all be careful now and tell Allah 'hey' for us -- ya hear?

Last edited by Class Bravo; 17 January 2007 at 06:59 AM. Reason: Grammatical Error (on the part I wrote; I won't even touch the chain letter with a ten-foot pole)
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Old 17 January 2007, 07:21 AM
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Its particularly nice that they call it runway 9R eastbound and runway 9R westbound. Im not positive but I believe it would actually be runway 9R and runway 27L.

But hey its a redneck Texas airport why get the details right?
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Old 17 January 2007, 07:29 AM
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You're correct--the number of the runway corresponds to the magnetic heading of a runway rounded up or down to the nearest 10 degrees, so a due westbound runway would be Runway 27 while a due eastbound runway would be Runway 9. There are a plethora of mistakes like that in there, but I didn't even want to dignify any of them with a response.

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Old 17 January 2007, 03:17 PM
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This is just pure, unadulterated racism. And particularly vicious racism: I don't like dem furriners, so I'm gonna get 'em killed!

Whoever wrote this has some very serious issues.
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Old 28 April 2008, 04:31 AM
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My parents forwarded that to me but instead of Texas ATC it was Atlanta ATC
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