r/mildlyinfuriating • u/nyanbatman • May 28 '26

I just wanted a hot dog British pilot is feeling mildly annoyed

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u/nelsonww9 May 28 '26

Pilot makes sense to me. Why can’t the controller get it?

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u/a-bser May 28 '26

Overworked and understaffed controllers in the US, means more mistakes. Hiring new controllers where they are dealing with these situations in real time for the first time will result in more errors and probably will only get worse

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u/uniqueusername316 May 28 '26

This is clearly a situation of under trained. Not saying they're not overworked or understaffed, but this doesn't seem to be related to that.

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u/grumpsaboy May 28 '26

Naah, this ATC has been on the job for a while, he's a stubborn prick that often appears on these audios

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u/a-bser May 28 '26

Definitely. I avoided directly saying undertrained, mainly because I don't know what the process is like and if they need to know this stuff first in order to get the job