Jumbo taxies behind cessna.

[flying dog]

 

Ok, maybe old, but funny.

[facthunter]

Don't get sucked in by bit.  Nev

[Marty_d]

It's funny when the bigjobs have to give way.  

I remember approaching YCBG from the east once, which means tracking to the north of YMHB and across the approach to their runway (12/30).

ATC gave me right of way so the B737 on approach had to do an orbit while a little C172 with 1 person on board was on final - often wondered how much that cost the airline!

[flying dog]

I guess it is all part of the bigger picture.

 

Be it you are a Cessna or another heavy....    It's all just factored in.

 

(Which is good)

 

[facthunter]

If You do something wrong and it causes a big one to have to  go around you will get a bill. Nev

[flying dog]

I believe the key word in that is WRONG....

 

Marty_D wasn't doing anything WRONG.

 

[facthunter]

I never inferred he did, but the pressure is on. It can be BIG money and Airlines regularly sue each other.  Nev

[Marty_d]

Yep - it was the tower who told me to continue on final and them to orbit - I would have been happy to burn a couple of holes in the sky until they'd landed, but I wasn't about to argue with the tower.

 

[facthunter]

I presume you were going for a different runway..   Nev

[Marty_d]

Different airports.  YCBG (Cambridge) is for lighter aircraft and only about 1km away from YMHB (Hobart International).  I was on approach to 27 at YCBG, the B737 on approach to 12 at YMHB.  

[facthunter]

Did they tell you to orbit left of the runway centreline.   Nev

[Marty_d]

15 hours ago, facthunter said:

Did they tell you to orbit left of the runway centreline.   Nev

They didn't tell me to orbit at all.  They told me to continue on final (I was the C172) and they told the B737 to do one orbit.

[joehupp2004]

Steve Carbone, aka Kennedy Steve - one of the funniest ATC's at JFK! He's now retired but I still love watching any videos on YouTube where he's the ATC... you gotta feel for the PF of QF12 though. I think he was expecting a Caravan or similar, not a 172S!