By a Pan Am Pilot
Allegedly, the German air controllers
at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a
short-tempered lot. They, it is alleged,
not only expect one to know one's gate
parking location, but how to get there
without any assistance from them. So it
was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am
747) listened to the following exchange
between Frankfurt ground control and a
British Airways 747, call sign Speedbird
206.
Speedbird 206: Speedbird 206 clear of
active runway.
Ground: Speedbird 206, Taxi to gate
Alpha One-Seven.
The BA 747 pulled onto the main
taxiway and slowed to a stop.
Ground: Speedbird 206, do you not know
where you are going?
Speedbird 206: I'm looking up our gate
location now.
Ground (with quite arrogant
impatience): Speedbird 206, have you not
been to Frankfurt before?
Speedbird 206 (coolly): Yes, twice in
1944, but it was dark,... and I didn't
land.
The End
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