[SOC] Frankfurt Airport

[Spencer Sholly]

  Frankfurt Airport
> 
> (One of those things that supposedly actually happened...)
> 
> The German controllers at Frankfurt Airport were a
> short-tempered lot. They not only expected you to know your
> parking location but how to get there without any assistance
> from them. So it was with some amusement that we (PanAm 747)
> listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground
> and a British Airways 747 (radio call Speedbird 206) after
> landing.
> 
> Speedbird 206: "Good morning Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear
> of the active."
> 
> Ground: "Good Morning, taxi to your gate." The British
> Airways 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and stopped.
> 
> Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?"
> 
> Speedbird 206: "Stand by, ground, I'm looking up the gate
> location now."
> 
> Ground (impatiently): "Speedbird 206, have you never flown
> to Frankfurt before?"
> 
> Speedbird 206 (coolly): "Yes, in 1944. But I didn't stop."
> 
> Received from Thomas Ellsworth.
> 
> --
 

 		 	   		  
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