Short Final: The Lighter Side of Flight

Heard on the tower frequency at an airport that will remain undisclosed to protect the innocent: Cessna 12345:“Tower can you have regional jet ABC meet us on Unicom freqency for a personal message?” Jet ABC:“Tower, tell the Cessna we are a professional crew on a schedule and we don’t have time for idle chit chat.” Cessna 12345:“O.K. Tower, you may want to tell that professional crew they left the landing-gear lock pin in the nose gear. Have a nice day!” Larry Cosbyvia e-mail

Updated Apr 12, 2019 2:23 PM EDT

Heard on the tower frequency at an airport that will remain undisclosed to protect the innocent:

Cessna 12345:
"Tower can you have regional jet ABC meet us on Unicom freqency for a personal message?"

Jet ABC:
"Tower, tell the Cessna we are a professional crew on a schedule and we don't have time for idle chit chat."

Cessna 12345:
"O.K. Tower, you may want to tell that professional crew they left the landing-gear lock pin in the nose gear. Have a nice day!"

Larry Cosby
via e-mail