[Scan-DC] Nuts in the air

[Andrew Clegg]

I used to be able to hear the ground station on 129.45, but not any more. I'm not sure what changed. I'm near National but can also hear ground traffic at Dulles, so I'll have to try 130.2. 

Typos courtesy of my iPhone

On Jan 3, 2012, at 11:48, "Robert H. Eisner" <rheisner at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I've heard same pretty interesting incidents on 130.200 also.  On 130.200 you can actually heard the Air Inc operating doing a patch to dispatch in San Francisco.   Air Inc Dispatch is very loud an clear if you're within a few miles of Dulles.
> 
> 
> --- On Mon, 1/2/12, Andrew Clegg <andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Andrew Clegg <andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Scan-DC] Nuts in the air
> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Monday, January 2, 2012, 8:56 PM
> 
> Caught an interesting incident on the ARINC 129.45 MHz downlink on 12/23. A 
> woman seems to go berserk when Delta doesn't cave to her demands to protect 
> her son from peanuts. I've posted the (voice-activated) audio recording at 
> http://www.w4je.com/scanaudio.htm. The clip captures the pilot's 
> communication about the incident with Delta's dispatch. It does not capture 
> the dispatch side of the conversation.
> 
> It's amazing how some people can apparently lose all common sense in the 
> air. A quick Google search does not turn up any news reports about this 
> incident.
> 
> Andy
> 
> 
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