Pretty interesting chats

On the flight from Raleigh/Durham to Chicago, passengers could listening in on the chat between the pilot and the traffic controllers along the way; pretty cool. I could hear our flight was being passed from one control to another control. Because the channels are shared, I could hear conversations and directions from other flights. After a while you could recognize the other pilot's voices.

I have to say, flying is the easy part; but listening in on the traffic control require attentions. I can see why a pilot should not be flying for an extended period of time without rest.

As we were approaching O'Hare, I could hear the chatter gotten busier. When we were approaching, it got really busy. The traffic controller became a 'soup nazi'!!!! One plane got behind and the pilot got scolded at; the pilot apologized - open channel! Wow....

Once we landed, the chatter even got busier! Didn't know before but the ground controller actually told the pilots to hurry up or slow down getting to the gates. Some pilots had to do double-back because of congested gates. Very interesting. I listened during the two-hour flight - basically all the way! There was a specific way the instructions were given and confirmations replied by the pilots.

One thing though, the United plane stink! It was from the carpet. Flying in the US may get worse.... Fly more SouthWest I guess.