Funny ATC: Is this the slowest SUPER TUG in the history of aviation? 

911gp I know right I bout lost it

Mediocre?

@@liamweaver2944 Super tug that is not nearly speedy enough to earn the qualifier of 'super'.

@@sharpfang Unless it's Super Slow!

Gets paid by the minute. 😆

Tug driver is a wage-worker; he probably would have gotten fired.

@@jasoncarswell7458for a harmless joke with Kennedy Steve? I don't think so

I’m really a Flintstone’s Tug, my feet are pushing as hard as they can.

I wish the tug replies "Dear Ground, it's a TUG, what do you expect.....SIR?" :)

ChrisJr yes, but it's a super tug. Can keep up with traffic loaded, very easily unloaded.

I think I could hear a smile in her voice.

+Stuart Brookes I can only say THANK YOU! :)

@@H89SA A most gracious artist. Thank you for the hours of pleasure you bring to your channel. 😁👏😁

Kennedy Steve would be worth 100 million if he did youtube livefeeds back when he was working. Think he retired 2 yrs ago?

And then shortly after that "that holiday rate" pilots love jabbing on comms. its hilarious

+Jim H Thank you for watching. :)

Thank you for watching. Check out playlist of Stephen Abraham on my channel. :)

You have to have the best ATC uploads on RU-vid currently : )

s2v8377 Thank you. It means a lot to me. :)

hey, its H+5, where is the new upload? :)

Now watching in 2019. ;)

@@LMDProductionsOfficial I'm watching in 2022 if my calendar is anywhere near to the accuracy of Steve's jokes

"Mothership" is Kennedy Steve's nickname for a company plane. Like a Delta lining up directly behind another Delta.

@@dalethelander3781 Oh so that's what he means by "company (aircraft type)"? That it's the same airline as who he's talking to?

@@BleedingUranium Got it.

@@dalethelander3781 Thanks! Those parts make so much more sense now. :)

Kennedy Steve had a way of communicating like no one else in the ATC profession.

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+Stephen Hardy Thank you very much.

Didnt get it. Sorry not in aviation .

The tugs are the vehicles they use to move the airplanes. They need to request access to use certain paths just like the planes do. This guy was a super tug, meaning he can move some heavy loads. Unfortunately he was taking his sweet time and received the wrath of Steve (designated "mediocre" tug). When jetBlue joined in, that was icing on the burn cake.

I loved how the Jetblue played along :D

Go to 'Captain Joe', He has an interview with Kennedy Steve.

+Edward Francis Hayes Its only shortened temporary for construction or something like that.

1:44, "Gets paid by the minute"

1. Yes 2. "Speedbird" is a callsign used by British Airways 3. "Cactus" is US Airways callsign (former America West Airways) 4. Yes, "Cactus" is "Cactus" everywhere in the world 5. It depends on the company. If it is similar to the company name and also if the name is untaken, which is not hard to understand "on air", they will use that. For example, Virgin America (callsign: "REDWOOD") got its own callsign due to the airline hub being in San Francisco, an area known for the giant Redwood trees.

ahhaaa..thanks...is there some site that has all the nicknames so I can tell who is who? I really do love listening...thanks for posting !

H89SA You know I am curious...who decides the name??

scott garvey I hope this one will help you to figure out who's who. :) airodyssey.net/reference/airlines/

scott garvey It's all done by ICAO.

All vehicles and planes need permission on the taxiways and runways its standard procedure

Telling a virgin plane to follow a virgin atlantic plane (older)

loosely, an international runway is 2500m - 4000m in length (it varies a lot). when a runway is marked "short" it's around 1600m upwards (again, it varies). if the runway is shortened then it's usually for maintenance or other reasons. most heavy jets can take off on a shortened runway but it depends on the weather, weight of plane and the thrust it can deliver to ascertain whether the jet can safely attain take off speed.

@@raverdeath100 Thanks so much for chiming in with that explanation. Now I understand what that reference means. I just love listening to Steve, and I bet like many, I keep coming back time and again. It would be awesome if Steve would type a few lines to his many fans, and let us know how he’s doing. Cheers and thanks again.

This was after the US-American merger. I would take it as a US Airways plane that got repainted for the merger. US Airways, I believe, just operated its last flight so all US aircraft have an American Livery

Instead of using the full length of the runway, they're starting from a point a little farther down, so the effective runway is shortened.

that's what you would formally called "intersection takeoff"

cool thanks for the info. guys!

+Iqbal 992 One of Delta's supertugs.

+Iqbal 992 One of Delta's supertugs.

@@jonathanbaird8109 ,,Mediocre’’ Tugs

Old Dude He is letting the pilot know that they will not have the full length of the runway to take off so they will need to prepare the plane (flaps, etc.) for a takeoff with less runway.

Mr. Steve Abraham, AKA "Kennedy Steve". A former stock broker before he decided to go straight.

Yes, he is a jokester, but great at his job. And, everyone, including the pilots love him. Sadly he's had to retire as An ATC due to age limits for ATC's.

Believe me, he's aware.

Hi volante8657, "Redwood" is the callsign for Virgin America, one of these: www.airliners.net/photo/Virgin-America/Airbus-A320-214/2570020/L/. The "Mothership" was probably this one: www.airliners.net/photo/Virgin-Atlantic-Airways/Boeing-747-443/2567675/L/, it can be heard later on in the video, callsign "Virgin". You get the idea ;)

SE86 gotcha and thanks!

idgas of your contrails

He was responding to a Virgin America A320, so he referred to a Virgin Atlantic (probably 747) aircraft as the 'mothership.' For most airlines, they would use the term 'company' to refer to another aircraft from the same company, but in the case of Virgin, Virgin America and Virgin Atlantic were two different companies which had different callsigns, so it wouldn't have technically be correct to call it the "company 747." So he just called it "the mothership" instead as a joke.

I think he was talking to a Virgin plane, so another Virgin? Or since it was an Airbus 320, maybe an A380?

A plane branded in one airline's livery but on loan to another airline.

It's moving really slow, "Super" implies exciting, but it's moving so slow that it's boring, or "mediocre". Hence why Steve called it the mediocre tug.

No, it is not! Reffering to the ICAO doc 8585/147, official callsign for Air France is AIRFRANS.

Air Frank

Hair Franz

Go ask ICAO to correct this “mistake” lol

Air France is the company name. Every company has its own callsign, and for "Air France" in radio communications, it's AIRFRANS!

H89SA I am aware of that, it is its company name. I was not aware of the seven letter callsign for AFR was Airfrans. Sorry, my bad. Happy new year

***** No worries. Happy new year to you, too. :)

The callsign should ideally resemble the operator's name or function and not be confused with callsigns used by other operators. The callsign should be easily and phonetically pronounceable in at least English, the international language of aviation. For example, Air France's callsign is "Airfrans"; 'frans' is the phonetic spelling of 'France'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_codes

@@wolfsdenenterprisesllc9539 Yes! This is why Kalitta Air uses "DRAGSTER".