During a recent departure from Essex County Airport in Caldwell, New Jersey, the tower controller must have been frazzled with intensive student training in the pattern:
Tower:
Bonanza Seven Zero Mike Romeo, contact New York departure and have a good flight.
Bonanza:
To departure. Bonanza Zero Mike Romeo.
Have a nice day.
Tower:
It’s too late for that.
Jack Meagher
Southern Shores, North Carolina