Who voiced ‘idiot’ at 0:57? Or was that something else?
sounded more like “ATA, call ...” definitely not what you wrote.
>> Who voiced ‘idiot’ at 0:57? Or was that something else?
It sounds like it was picked up on the CAM (cockpit area microphone) while 1549 was talking to LGA departure. If this is correct, it comes from the other pilot. Assuming that is the Capt.’s voice telling the controller he wanted to return to LGA, it would be the First Officer (copilot). Insulting the controller? No, not really - the controller would first offer the present runway in use (31) at LGA; when the Capt. said “unable”, the controller suggested runway 4. Insult to the controller? No, not really - I think at this point the pilots were looking at their present sink rate and saying “Hell, we’re loosing altitude so quickly we’ll be lucky to make it “straight in” to runway 13. All this is conjecture on my part, of course. Try here for a better quality audio:
http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/accident_incident/1549/
Use the first selection (NY Tracon Audio). 1549 checks in at 6+10, the geese hit the fan at 7+55.