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As someone who has auditory processing issues, I cannot understand a single damn thing they're saying without subtitles. Whoever's capable of working in such conditions is very skilled
The people involved have somewhat better audio quality. These recordings come from receivers placed kinda far from the tower so they catch more interference.
I like how Delta Tug 7 doesn't even miss a beat on his readback. He repeats, "Turn down the speaker and go right on Alpha" as if that was any other transmission.
9:00 “Who needs to talk to me so bad they won’t let me answer?!” *embarrassed silence* “Amazing, I thought that would work!” 😂😂 OMG I CAN’T BREATHE!!! I aspire to live with this amount of sarcasm and wit.
Omg, those Tugs crack me up! 🤣 Controller hears squawking and static, he just knows it's them looking for directions. Doesn't even try to clarify anything.
As someone who "kind of" understands the jargon, but can't really visualise it, I would LOVE a video with an animation, or even still pictures of the airport so I can get some extra context. :D
There’s someone who does these on here with visuals from an air traffic controller simulator I believe, can’t find them right now though but they do exist!
Bruh huge respect to air traffic controllers, the amount of information they have to keep updated on constantly and all these random names would make me have a stroke in no time 😅
They don't. They run the show for 2 hours. Change controller. Go on again for 2 hours. Change to another controller again. And so on. No more than 2 hours at a time.
@@lilkitebastardhe worked mainly clearance, Ground and Tower - seems like he enjoed Ground the most though... And probably Ground is more stressful than Tower at least at the mess that JFK usually is
I know that there was a handover at some point, but I love the idea that Kenedy Steve just immediately recognized that it was Air France from a simple "Good night, ground!" Also the fact that he easily balances his quips with the deadly seriousness of traffic control is awe inspiring. Oh yeah, also the part where he asks who blasted his eardrums again, and it's another tug blasting static once more killed me.
I cannot get enough of Kennedy Steve. He has such a wry sense of humor, but can really be all business when things go a little sideways. Enjoy your retirement, Steve!!
@@jokeletsplay it's guess just so it's still a controlled situation on the ground, since many accidents happened while not in flights too. But i could be wrong, maybe it's a specific standard
@@lawierdwitch my point: on the ground the relaxed attitude shown is absolutely okay as accidents are easier to prevent, in the air the importance of communicating important information is much more crucial.
"Okay, one at a time works better for my hearing, which may never recover from that." "Ground?" "Plane?" The pilot quipping back with "Too much coffee." Love it! LOL! This guys is comedy gold. :D
These super busy airports could do with Yakety Sax playing in the background on every frequency, quiet enough to not be intrusive but loud enough to be heard and give all of us laypeople a laugh when we listen to the frequency.
Reminds me so much of using the net in Air Force Security Forces, fooling around with each other on our radios, making fun of each other in phonetics 😅
I just want to take a moment to appreciate and thank ATCs around the world. For ensuring safe flights and timely flights as much as they possibly can.❤
Nah ATC is definitely more hell than GTC imo. Ground control gets to joke around a lot of the time with the pilots as you can see here, Air control especially landings have to deal with pilots who just want to get onto tarmac, and it's also one of the 2 most dangerous moments of air flight so has to be incredibly accurate and serious. Ground control is very rarely anywhere near as dangerous a job
The 'frequency blocked' annotation sounds similar to when 2 or more people are transmitting simultaneously. On our local police/ sheriff dispatch this occurs when 2 or more officers transmit / use radio simultaneously .... Both/ all become garbled.
It happens when radios use simplex (or, when multiple call signs use duplex) transmission meaning that the actual electrical signal you receive is some mix of both transmissions as opposed to two clean transmissions.
It's exactly what's happening. He's basically receiving 2 signals simultaneously and as you can hear it is NOT a great thing to experience, that's why it's usually considered rather rude to block unless it's a dire emergency in ANY context.
EARTH to Endeavor3789... Poor Steve. That and mercilessly mocking the tugs for sounding like they're calling from inside a footlocker, which is inside a high school hallway locker, which has been sunk to the bottom of a body of water.
Operated through there many times, always super professional ATC, but - you have to be prepared, you have to be ready with options and you have to listen !
Because they are still using AM (amplitude modulation), the same one you can here on old radio stations, 530-1600Khz. The problem is, you have to change all the radios in planes and on the ground, to much money... From February 2024, Serbia will start using CPDLC (look it up), it will be much safer and with less mistakes.
Because it is still the most reliable communication method and just works well enough. There just aren't any other practical systems yet that are reaching the same saftey/reliability standards that the good old VHF radios have. Also, in real life audio quality is often better than on these recordings.
I understand that AM is superior to FM for these types of communication, because it’s easier to tell when you’re getting stepped on (with FM, the strongest signal just “captures” the band)… but what about digital solutions? Nothing yet?
The big problem with FM is the capture effect, if 2 transmit at the same time, the strongest one wins, and you have no idea that a weaker radio is trying to call in, AM is a lot safer in that way.
@@macnlzthe digital solutions are text based for now; it saves quite a lot of time on frequency to send departure clearances and taxi instructions via text instead of reading them out.
I have never heard more than a few seconds of a flight controller doing their job. The sudden realization that this is the craziness going on every time a flight is taking off and landing and knowing a sudden slip up or mistake could result in something horrible, has me questioning how much I truly love flying. lol. Anyway, sounds like Steve is amazing at what he does and has a great humor to get him through the undeniable stress of it all.
The 7 Minutes were my favourite, but I guess we have to disappoint the controller - he only said it will be blocked for another 7 minutes, he didn't said that it will be clear after that :P
This guy must be insanley skilled at remembering things because he has to remember where everybody is and is going and where everything is and also remember these insane puns
I can imagine this guy standing at his desk, gesuring enthusiastically at nobody as he directs traffic. I hope he loves his job, because he's damn good at it
it's so great that amid the high pressure and high stress of arguably the most important job in an airport there is someone who takes his job seriously...but not TOO seriously
Imagine getting stuck in that kind of air traffic limbo when you're out in town. Taxi: So where are you heading ? *controller inhales* Taxi: *instant regret*
