Controller makes Incompetent pilot LAND for being hazardous! #realatc

Any time a controller gets mad at you, just say the magic words: "sorry, student solo". I do it all the time in the 747.

The 'XD' just makes it even better

As a student pilot all of this makes me feel so much better about my flubbed radio calls!🤣

6:00 Sometimes, when I have been off from work for a few days, I get lonely and call Center from a handheld in my bathtub. Gosh, I miss those guys.

"She's a danger to herself and everything in the air... yeah, birds too."

To everyone asking what she did wrong: At 0:30 we see tower is talking to inbound traffic and telling them that the pilot deviation hopefully won't be in their way. "XD" was heading closer to the path of "216", so the tower gave the directions to turn XD to heading 180 and the climb to 3,500 was to get XD to a minimum vertical separation between the two planes. The landing aircraft (216) can't be asked to go lower, so XD had to climb and leave the airspace. IMO, tower should have told 216 to orbit a hold while a possible rogue aircraft was over the airfield... but that's for FAA to decide.

Danger to aviation. wow. That is the harshest thing I've ever heard a controller say!

Holy moly, I do not feel like this girl was ready to be solo, let alone signed off for her PPL.

The pilot of 738XD is a perfect example of why I never pursued my dream as a pilot. I realize that I would have done much worse than her, and harmed myself or others.

That Kuwaiti 117 Heavy just cracked me up 😂

I instructed in the PHX area for 4 years 2014-18. Gateway tower was the worst to deal with, air and ground.

Sounds like she got rattled. I don't think the controller helped, either.

For those wondering, when the ATC says "Expedite climb immediately..." it means collision is imminent.

I can't be sure. But I think I know this person or someone like her. She was an ATP grad. Flew at our local airport one night and went against the designated landing pattern on 2 different runways. Caused all kinds of confusion with 3 student pilots in the air. Her radios calls were just as bad (this place was nontowered). On another occasion did a prop strike starting a Cessna with tow bar attached. If it's her....total menace to society.

Ive been a pilot for 40 years. I've never heard a controller tell someone to land here you are unsafe. I suspect she will be in remedial training soon.

just a suggestion, im pretty sure you used an enhancement software for the audio for this - but it actually made it more difficult to listen to and less understandable. the standard unaltered audio + subtitles works better imo

What was the original deviation? They didn't tell us. This video just starts out with the controller having an attitude towards this girl. What did she do wrong initially?

What's the full story here? It's out of context.

It is possible that the pilot displayed dangerous incompetence. However, the ATC guy is just awful. If you have a pilot who's struggling and is clearly under stress, the worst thing you can do in that situation is add to their stress.

Controller made the situation much worse