> "Good evening ladies and gentlemen. This is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are all doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress."
I find something very entertaining when I hear stories of pilots/air traffic controllers communications during emergencies/exciting situations that are extremely calm.
It reminds me of the classic SR-71 Blackbird "Speed Check" story.
Rod Machado, in one of his private pilot manuals, has a story about a Blackbird returning to the US across the Gulf of Mexico and requesting flight level 850 (85,000 ft) from the Houston ATC. The traffic controller, apparently not recognizing the call sign and thinking it was a joke, said something like, "If you can get up there, it's yours." The pilot replied, "Ma'am, we're coming down to 850."
I find something very entertaining when I hear stories of pilots/air traffic controllers communications during emergencies/exciting situations that are extremely calm.
It reminds me of the classic SR-71 Blackbird "Speed Check" story.
Edit: For those unfamiliar, the story is here http://oppositelock.kinja.com/favorite-sr-71-story-107912704...