Excessive Noise
Published Jan 01, 1900
Tower: "Alpha Charlie, climb immediately to 4000 feet for noise abatement." Pilot: "How can I possibly be creating excess noise at 3000 feet?" Tower: "At 4000 feet, you will miss the 707 now coming at you at 3000 feet, and that is bound to avoid one heck of a racket....
Originally published November 14, 2002.
