Search and Rescue
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:08 pm
Overheard in IFR Magazine's "On the Air"
This comes from a search-and-rescue pilot at Canadian Forces Base, Bagotville, Québec. It allegedly happened late one night during bad weather, as heard over the tower radio:
First Voice (helicopter pilot):
"Roger, I'm holding at 3,000 over the beacon."
Second Voice (panicky):
"No, you can't be doing that — I'm holding at 3,000 over that beacon!"
[Brief pause.]
First Voice (again):
"You idiot — you're my co-pilot.
This comes from a search-and-rescue pilot at Canadian Forces Base, Bagotville, Québec. It allegedly happened late one night during bad weather, as heard over the tower radio:
First Voice (helicopter pilot):
"Roger, I'm holding at 3,000 over the beacon."
Second Voice (panicky):
"No, you can't be doing that — I'm holding at 3,000 over that beacon!"
[Brief pause.]
First Voice (again):
"You idiot — you're my co-pilot.
