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> ATC: They say code is red. Shouldn't ATC just say the code is red instead of trying to distance him/herself from it? Could any pilots here provide more conte
by wolpoli 5y ago
> ATC: They say code is red.
Shouldn't ATC just say the code is red instead of trying to distance him/herself from it? Could any pilots here provide more context?
- bdamm 5y agoPrivate pilot here. ATC are usually trained to follow very specific dialogues, and pilots are trained to expect them. ATC and pilots are also together in somewhat of a fraternity. This would be a very unusual dialogue and so it makes sense to me that the ATC would feel the need to decorate the instruction, given that it is not one the pilot nor ATC would have ever participated in before.