Good humor for the option at Oakland International

[Squawk 7700]

A little humorous exchange between a couple of Southwest pilots and the tower over here at Oakland this morning

[ect76]

Amusing catch, thanks!

[snipper_cr]

haha, great catch.

"aaaiigghht"

[Squawk 7700]

Funny Southwest clip I posted last year here made it to YouTube (stumbled across it this morning). Cool that LiveATC.net was credited.
Clip still still gives me the chuckles when I hear it. 

Ken

[speedotann]

Funny Southwest clip I posted last year here made it to YouTube (stumbled across it this morning). Cool that LiveATC.net was credited.
Clip still still gives me the chuckles when I hear it. 

Ken

I also saw it on Youtube a few weeks back... Makes me laugh every time.... The FREAKING option for a 737.. LoL

[Shane1990]

part of the clip where the controls says the pilot was going to be in the pattern all day...
from one of the comments on youtube, i guess that pilot had to do initiate a missed approach a few days prior

good to see some humour out there

[Eric M]

(Quick question - what's an "option?" Google isn't turning out to know much.)

[sykocus]

(Quick question - what's an "option?" Google isn't turning out to know much.)

The option the clears an aircraft to do a, touch and go, low approach, stop and go, or full stop. The reason it's funny is because airliners when on normal flights (not training) will always full stop. They have schedules to keep, want to save as much fuel as possible, and generally passengers want to be off the plane as soon as possible.

CLEARED FOR THE OPTION- ATC authorization
for an aircraft to make a touch‐and‐go, low
approach, missed approach, stop and go, or full stop
landing at the discretion of the pilot. It is normally
used in training so that an instructor can evaluate a
student's performance under changing situations.
(See OPTION APPROACH.)
(Refer to AIM.)
http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/pcg/

[Eric M]

Ah, got it! It was a lot simpler than I was trying to make it out to be. Thanks!