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Just the Vaccination Please
Status quo, you know, is Latin
for ‘the mess we’re in.’
– Ronald Reagan
I have witnessed an obvious decline in radio discipline over the last 50 years. In order to rejoin the professional sounding pilots of yesteryear, perhaps some of us need a vernacular vaccination. While using and listening to the radio (or to your spouse, like Mr. Dangerfield said), don’t interrupt, think before you speak, be brief and use proper terminology – lest you clog the radio and block someone that needs to make a coffee-saving request.
Kevin Dingman has been flying for more than 40 years. He’s an ATP typed in the B737 and DC9 with 28,000 hours in his logbook. A retired Air Force major, he flew the F-16 and later performed as an USAF Civil Air Patrol Liaison Officer. He flies volunteer missions for the Christian organiz tion Wings of Mercy, is employed by a major airline, and owns and operates a Beechcraft Duke.Contact Kevin at dinger10d@ gmail.com.
August 2021 / TWIN & TURBINE • 23
