Not in Command
Working at a flight service station was stressful for Reddit user Marilius, especially when a jerk on a power trip tried to exert control of an emergency situation. But even though they heard him knocking they refused to let him into the station.
“I worked at the flight service station in Yellowknife, Canada. There we have a control tower and FSS. Tower had the radios at that time of day. Pilot reports smoke in the cockpit, declares an emergency. He was ~20 minutes out, and there’s nowhere else to land, so he just continuing to come here. In the interim, emerg procedures put in place, Airport Firefighters are out in force. EMS is on standby, the town firehall comes out. And out comes captain jackass from the cops. BANGING on my door.
“HI IM HERE TO TAKE CONTROL!”
….. of what?
“THE SITUATION, IM IN COMMAND.”
… ok, well, tower has the radios right now, so theyre the ones dealing with the emergency.
“THEN IM GOING UPSTAIRS TO TAKE CONTROL”
Alrighty, you do that. He starts to head up the additional floors to the control tower. Thing is, tower’s door, like mine, is locked and can only be opened with our keys or from the inside. I call upstairs and relay there’s a cop coming “to take control” Naturally they do not let him in. There’s really nothing he could possibly do except make noise and be in the way. Not long after he stomps back down and I hear him radio some nonsense about “who do they think they are? IM IN COMMAND!””