Air Traffic Control
The German air traffic controllers are often short-tempered and they expect pilots to their parking location without any assistance from them. Here is an exchange between Frankfurt ground and a British Airways 747 after landing.
BA: "Good morning Frankfurt, We're clear of the active."
Ground: "Guten morgan, taxi to your gate."
The British Airways 747 pulls onto the main taxiway and stops.
Ground: "Do you not know where you are going?"
BA: "Stand by, ground, I'm looking up the gate location now."
Ground (with typical German impatience): "Have you never flown to Frankfurt before?"
BA, coolly: "Yes, in 1944. But I didn't stop."
BA: "Good morning Frankfurt, We're clear of the active."
Ground: "Guten morgan, taxi to your gate."
The British Airways 747 pulls onto the main taxiway and stops.
Ground: "Do you not know where you are going?"
BA: "Stand by, ground, I'm looking up the gate location now."
Ground (with typical German impatience): "Have you never flown to Frankfurt before?"
BA, coolly: "Yes, in 1944. But I didn't stop."