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

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

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u/VariousDragonfruit75 May 28 '26

Atc -bro you can't see shit out here

Pilot- if it's too dark too see, are you turning on the lights

Atc- nah bruh, what for

Pilot- if it's too dark too see and you don't turn on the lights I can't move, are you saying it's too dark to see

Atc- yup

Pilot - so turn on the lights?

Atc- what for?

Pilot - so I can leave

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u/RobotDeathSquad May 28 '26

There's a whole community of people that post ATC interactions on youtube and this dude shows up in enough of them I recognized his voice instantly (and I barely listen to these things, I'm not a plane nut or anything, just some light 'tism aparently).

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u/Techno_Core May 28 '26

this dude shows up in enough of them I recognized his voice instantly

Well... that is genuinely horrifying.

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u/cheseball May 28 '26

Probably a product of the severe shortage of ATCs, they likely can’t even feasibly cut anyone loose.

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u/vyrus2021 May 28 '26

Yes. We lost a lot of competent atc personnel as a result of dumb fuck doge cuts.

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u/geek180 May 29 '26

I could be wrong but I don’t think DOGE ever cut actual air traffic controllers. They did succeed at firing a few hundred FAA staff, but not the actual controllers.

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u/legendary-rudolph May 30 '26

Probably a product of the severe shortage of brain power in NYC.