From: "John Beamish" 

Damn!  That would be neat to see.  My cousin, until he died, was a
technician at "the Mother corp" (as the CBC is frequently
called).  He always had stories to tell.

On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:15:27 -0500, Phil Payne
 wrote:

> "John Beamish"  wrote in message
> news:op.tkxw4zhvm6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
>> Doubt it.  I've never seen the begging and pleading on BBC that is a
>> hallmark of PBS and NPR.
>
> Not seen the "This is what we do" series?
>
> The one about golf coverage is the best.  Now they have light
> remote-controlled cameras with gyro stabilisation they can make the
> hydraulic lifts pretty high - there's no one up there to worry about.
>
> A few seconds into the "advert" there's a burst of radio traffic.
>
> "BBC - this is Prestwick tower - do you copy?"
>
> "Go ahead Prestwick"
>
> "We have inbound traffic crossing your sector at five miles.  Can you
> lower
> and acknowledge?"
>
> "Roger, Prestwick - lowering now."
>
> And the caption underneath - "How high do you have to get before air
> traffic
> control gets involved?  This is what we do."
>
>
>

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