An American Airlines captain declares a fuel emergency, and doesn’t receive the priority that he needs.
The first unforgivable part is that Air Traffic Control wouldn’t give the captain what he asked. The second unforgivable part is the captain not reasserting what he needed to do. Perhaps the captain should have “told” instead of asking.
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I am a married father of two, and currently a captain with a major airline. My background is a graduate of the Air Force Academy, Air Force cargo pilot C-141, instructor pilot T-37, and former small airplane owner Beech Musketeer. You can e-mail me at flyingpilot (at) gmail.com
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