EQ

We had been talking about car stereos all day and on the last ILS of the day, my coworker cleared an aircraft to maintain 3000 until established on the equalizer.

A what?

I was working local control, when an aircraft aborted on the runway, needless to say all the other taxiing aircraft wanted to know the reason there was a delay in getting a takeoff clearance, I very smartly transmitted...

"Attention all aircraft on Tower Frequency, expect 5 minute delay for an ABORTION on the runway"

What does this mean?

I think it means that when you see a rainbow when on your motorcycle, you should stand up on the seat and perform a stunt for onlookers.

Did he just say that?

So a pilot after being on my frequency through some snow and delays in the NE part of the US says, "We'll be on the ground in 10 minutes. One way or another." But he transmitted it via the intercom and to us ATC.

OOPS!

Mesaba Airlines today...

(Background)
Mesaba Airlines a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, Mesaba operates as a Delta Connection carrier under service agreements with both Delta and Northwest Airlines.

Pilot checks on, "Tower Mesaba ####, with you descending on the invisible line, to the port side, rubber is down and out. We will be sliding into Apple 12 today to park."

Congratulations

I just wanted to take the time to say Congratulations to the Archie League Medal of Safety Awards Winners of 2009.

Great job guys!

Ding

Another alarm that annoys us at work is the ring of another facility calling us. The ETVS (Enhanced Terminal Voice Switch) dings instead of rings when someone calls. So today the FLeM in the TRACON calls us again for the 100th time about flow and the ETVS starts... ding... ding... ding...

So I start singing this song...