Russian Pilots Denied Entry to Canada | ATC vs Pilots

this brings to mind a story i heard about a pilot flying into berlin, and the atc was getting a bit flustered at the pilot and sarcastically asked, "sir - havent you ever flown in to berlin before?!?!?" and the pilot responded, "yes, but that last time i was flying a bomber." it was shortly after ww2.

Hello, I have 32 years as a commercial pilot. A few years as a training captain L1011 and line captain the last 16 years for Easyjet ORY. I really enjoy your YT. I remember the old captains exchanging overfly permits numbers as it was collection cards. One could say: I fly to India tomorrow do you have a number. One captain or FE would give him a overflight number from his notebook in exchange for another permit. It took some times for the ATC to check the numbers and if it was a used one they called back and the captain did say; sorry my mistake and gave them another. Before the ATC have had a chance to verify we left their airspace. It worked for years and we save a great amount of fuel. until they started to visually ident the aircraft with military fighters.

Thanks for mentioning the dispatchers, and especially thanks for mentioning we have multiple flights at any given time, and may need the crew to give us a heads up of their current situation. The hardest part of this job is task prioritization when all sorts of things are going on at the same time for multiple flights. No matter how busy I may be, an incoming message from an airborne flight will always get my immediate attention.

ATC here, I worked in Gander for 11 years, great video and explanation. I work in Moncton now for the last 17 years. This bring back memories of Gander, giving oceanic clearances and knowing how busy we would be each day based on where the tracks were.

As a dispatcher for Kalitta Air, this has happened to me several times, including times when we had the proper permits and then they were cancelled at the last minute. China seems to be the ones that did this to us. Life as a dispatcher can be a lot of fun, like the time an aircraft I was dispatching departed from ORD and one of the engines decided it didn't want to be with the aircraft any longer and dropped into Lake Michigan. Thank you for making these videos.

I remember listening to a situation where the Polish ATC told the pilots of one airline they weren't allowed to enter Polish airspace - the reason being, the airline was behind with paying the fee so Poland wouldn't allow them use its airspace until they were up to date with payments. They were forced to turn around

I was a flight dispatcher for CALAC's Executive Flight Ops for a couple of years and boots on the ground is very accurate description lol. Once in a while was a flight attendant/or engineer on the G3. Never a boring second!

Wow I've learnt SO much in 16 minutes. Thanks Kelsey. Regards from the UK 🇬🇧

Dang! I didn’t know that there was SO much involved with flying commercial aircraft! I always learn so much from your channel, thanks so much!

Really interesting Kelsey! You’re such a great teacher. So many things we non-pilots wouldn’t even be thinking about when just always doing the passenger thing.

What a detailed & excellent explanation of this situation. We forget just how much information is flooding the airwaves with protocols etc. Much appreciated Kelsey 👍

Love your channel and information!🙏 I've traveled internationally for years and it's quite enlightening to learn what transpires behind the scenes.😊

states can (or used to) have restrictions. When I lived in Wichita, Kansas (1970's-1980's), one flight when we were flying into Kansas the pilot came on and said that it was time to lock up the alcohol (Kansas was a dry state and no alcohol was allowed). He also made a comment about re-entering the 19th century

Thanks for recognizing Dispatchers on this Video. Unsung hero's in the back ground - I'm a retired dispatcher from a major airline

Thanks for your detailed explanations on these scenarios. Super interesting to hear all these moving parts!

Just when I thought I was getting there in the terms of understanding, you come along and show me I know very little..An absolutely brilliant video..thank you!

I think what they were actually reffering to the fact that PORTI is inside Ganders Domestic Airspace. So I think they were concerned that they could violate NOTAM R when they choose PORTI as their entry point. I could be wrong though.

Another cool, informative video. I had no idea I would be so interested in commercial aviation 👍✈

I love how you explain things and I love your humour! This was a great watch. Thank you!

I love, that the canadian ATC still looked out for the pilots instead of just say "f* off" and closing the connection.