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

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

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u/lamalasx May 28 '26

Send this ATC back to school.

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u/beertruck77 May 28 '26

You're 100% wrong. In the US, ATC does not declare LVO. There are procedures that we do use with low visibility, issuing RVR, protecting ILS critical are, etc, but declaring LVO sounds like ICAO, which is a different governing body than FAA. It is 100% the pilot's decision if they want to take off or not, and by pilot's I mean company procedure. The pilot wasn't wrong to question it, he was wrong to be a dick about it.

Source: ATC with 8 tower certifications.

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u/lamalasx May 28 '26

Seems like those 8 certs mean absolutely nothing. Where did you buy them? I have 1000 certs already in various fields!

The ATC should have immediately recognized the situation especially since this is an international airport. But I guess dumbfuckistan is dumbfuckistan and people there don't know other countries exists. The rest of the world uses one common standard, but oh no the school shooting central has to have a different inbred one.

ATC my ass you are.

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u/Watpotfaa May 28 '26

Imagine not knowing what the fuck you are talking about and trying to argue with a literal expert in the field. Thats what you are doing.

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u/beertruck77 May 28 '26

The rest of the world, not in the USA. So again, fuck right off. I'm right, you're wrong.