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To: Ron who wrote (29203)8/31/2003 9:31:49 AM
From: John Carragher  Respond to of 62567
 
While taxiing at London, England's Gatwick Airport, the crew of a US Air
flight departing for Ft.Lauderdale, Florida, made a wrong turn and came nose to
nose with a United Airlines 727.

An irate female ground controller lashed out at the US Air crew, screaming,
"US Air 2771, where the hell are you going? I told you to turn right on to
Charlie taxiway! You turned right on Delta! Stop right there. I know it's
difficult for you to tell the difference between C and D, but get it right!"

Continuing her rage to the embarrassed crew, she was now shouting
hysterically, "God! Now you've screwed everything up! It'll take forever to sort this
out! You stay right there and don't move till I tell you to! You can expect
progressive taxi instructions in about half an hour and I want you to go exactly
where I tell you, when I tell you, and how I tell you! You got that, US Air
2771?"

"Yes, ma'am," the humbled crew responded.

Naturally, the ground control communications frequency fell terribly silent
after the verbal bashing of US Air 2771. Nobody wanted to chance engaging the
irate ground controller in her current state of mind. Tension in every cockpit
out in Gatwick was definitely running high. Just then an unknown pilot broke
the silence and keyed his microphone, asking, "Wasn't I married to you once?"