Short Final

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” On a snowy afternoon at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, the arrival spacing turned out to be inadequate for the as-yet-unplowed runway: Tower:“Commuter 1234: Runway 14R, cleared to land. request braking report. Braking is reported fair, but if you can make taxiway T5 for spacing, it will help the heavy behind you.” Commuter:“Commuter 1234. We’ll try.” Tower (moments later) :“Airliner 567 Heavy, go around. Aircraft on the runway.” [Then issues missed approach instructions.] Commuter:“Sorry about that.” Tower:“Thanks for trying, Commuter 1234. Hey, how do you rate the braking?” Commuter:“Poor, I guess.” Chris Bardonvia e-mail