Reply to "Communications between pilots and maintenace crews, Have a good flight!"

Those have been posted in pilots lounges for as long as I have been flying.

I remember back in the 80's when I first started flying Charter. One of my first flights was into Chicago O'Hare. Flew in during the day time, landed next to Buttler aviation, turned off right into the ramp.

Came back out at 8pm, raining, dark loaded up in a small twin. Got my clearance. With pen ready I called for taxi. The lady assumed I was a night cargo operator who had been out of there many times. At night in a small twin sitting low on the tarmac, the lights and taxi ways of the airport all seem to blend together.

Trying to listen in lousy headsets, understanding about 75% of what she said, she came back....real fast rattling something like:


November, XYZ....Delta-2, mike-5, Mike Tango, Alpha 10 Alpha, Bravo to Tango 6 Tango Tango Wiskey, Echo Hold short 4left........
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(ME) "Mam",...."Was that a right turn out of Buttler?......
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she paused......"OK!"
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Then she gave me directions I could understand.