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To: bellevuesbest
I was in one of those cross-ups at Laguardia several years ago (back when the "Chuck Yeager drawl" was all the rage in airliner cockpits).

Shortly after throttle-up for takeoff, our pilot slammed the thrust reversers on full and stood on the brakes. I looked out the window in time to see another a/c landing from our right -- timed just right for a T-bone at the intersection.

After our a/c had shuddered to a halt less than 100 yds from the crossover -- and we had scraped our foreheads off of the seatbacks in front of us, the captain came on the intercom:

"Folks, I apologize for Laguardia's dumb@$$ controllers. We are going to have to taxi back to the gate to check and see if we have flat-spotted our tires."

And then the First Officer chimed in:

"...and to change the Captain's trousers..."

18 posted on 11/18/2006 9:15:45 AM PST by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: TXnMA

The Yeager drawl isn't quite dead yet, fortunately.


21 posted on 11/18/2006 10:40:51 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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