There’s some fascinating air traffic control audio of a private jet departing Teterboro Airport (TEB) essentially flying directly into the path of a United Airlines wide body aircraft landing at Newark Airport (EWR). This private jet pilot seems wholly unprepared to fly in such busy airspace (especially with his lack of situational awareness), but some blame also has to go to the air traffic controller…
There’s no point in transcribing the air traffic control audio, because I’d just be typing out eight minutes worth of miscommunication. But as the air traffic controller says at the end, “you have disregarded every single instruction.”
Among other things, the private jet gets in the path of the United Dreamliner, to the point that the heavy jet has a TCAS RA, requiring the pilots to take action to avoid a possible collision.
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on One Mile at a Time.
