AIRCRAFT CARRIER OUT RANKED
Added on: 19th Feb 2015
ONE FOGGY NIGHT,
A UNITED STATES AIRCRAFT CARRIER WAS
CRUISING OFF THE COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND
AND THE JUNIOR RADAR OPERATOR
SPOTTED A LIGHT IN THE GLOOM.
HERE IS A TRANSCRIPT OF WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.
THE RADAR OPERATOR WORKED OUT THAT
A COLLISION WAS LIKELY UNLESS THE
OTHER VESSEL CHANGED ITS COURSE.
SO HE SENT A RADIO MESSAGE.
U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER RADAR OFFICER:
'PLEASE DIVERT YOUR COURSE AT LEAST
7 DEGREES TO THE SOUTH TO AVOID A COLLISION'.
BACK CAME THE REPLY:
'YOU MUST BE JOKING,
I RECOMMEND YOU DIVERT YOUR COURSE INSTEAD'.
THE U.S. RADAR OFFICER REFERRED
THE MATTER TO HIS SUPERIOR OFFICER.
AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT AS INSUBORDINATION.
AS A RESULT THE CAPTAIN OF THE
AIR CRAFT CARRIER SENT A SECOND MESSAGE.
'I BELIEVE THAT I OUT RANK YOU,
AND AM GIVING YOU A DIRECT ORDER
TO DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!!!'
CANADIAN RADIO OPERATOR:
'THIS IS A LIGHTHOUSE.
I SUGGEST YOU TAKE EVASIVE ACTION.'
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