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By wording their question like that, they may actually be priming pilots to report ambiguous sightings as jetpack sightings.
by bigbubba 6y ago
By wording their question like that, they may actually be priming pilots to report ambiguous sightings as jetpack sightings.
- erdos4d 6y agoThat's the point. Nothing good comes from ambiguity in these matters, in fact it could be quite damaging to the careers of those involved if they reported anything that sounded vaguely UFO-ish. Best to have a catch-all like jetpack, drones, etc so there won't be any unpleasant questions later.
- bigbubba 6y agoIf you are implying deliberate misdirection by ATC, then I do not agree. It's more likely ATC prompted the pilot with the jetpack possibility because they believe it's happened before recently in that area. I think ATC, expecting a jetpack, may have inadvertently primed the pilot to interpret an unknown object as a jetpack.