When Kennedy Steve retired, there was a great, gaping void in the cosmos. And so the heavens parted, and the universe bequeathed us with the new gift to mankind that is Pearson Dave. 😍
I like them both, but I don’t really see the comparison. Dave seems like normally cheery Canadian. Steve is an unusually friendly and comical New Yorker. I like Dave but until he starts imitating people’s accents and sticking the mic down his throat to talk to tugs, he’s no Steve lol.
I said something very similar in a prayer to the ATC spirits to deliver us another salvation in the likeness of Kennedy Steve in another video. Hoping our prayers have been answered.
Dave is super awesome. Had the chance to drive on the airfield at yyz following his instructions from the tower... super nice controller, makes u feel at ease.
at 3:49, he says "We are from Labrador" He actually says "We are from Alberta" ( a big province just North of Montana) I love this channel, thanks a bunch for all the Fly chatter.
Yeah it’s Abit on the other side of the country from Labrador lol. Plus the true ontarian way of saying Toronto written as “true honour” right before that
Cool tidbit about the song played at the end the opening to the original is the Morse code for YYZ and the story goes when Rush was flying on their private plane back from a recording session in Quebec they could hear the radio from the cockpit and they were sending the Morse code for YYZ over the radio and they liked the rhythm and wrote the song YYZ with it.
Yeah, sadly, there are a few more like that. I had read in another video's comments a whole bunch of people volunteered to help you with proofing transcripts. Did none of those people turn up? If not, I will drop you a line.
Meh, it's probably easier to just fire off a mistaken subtitle than it is to proof. The audio is spot on, and if you can't tell the difference between Labrador and Alberta, then it probably doesn't matter. And if you CAN tell the difference, then it probably doesn't matter either.
@Colin Brown: exactly. These small mistakes make no difference in the enjoyment of the clip. Also, the correct Canadian spelling of "out" as "oot" made it all worthwhile! :)
Enjoy these. My brother was AATC at Pearson. If I may, @ 03:40 I think he said Toronto, not True Honor. @ about 03:49. he says Alberta, not Labrador. While skiing is OK it Labrador, it doesn't compare to Alberta & the beef.
Is dave confirmed or is it just what we settled with? 😅 Also some feedback: im lying i bed right now about to sleep and in the pauses when no text was on screen the difference in brightness always killed my eyes even on lowest brightness settings because my eyes adjusted to the dark overlay before 😂 i know its an oddly specific detail to comment on but i thought i might let you know :)
Eh just do what I do and have it on the other side (of you that is, ie if you’re a side sleeper turn away, or if on your back just have it lower etc.), ever since YT made it so you can’t lock the phone it stays bright anyway. Although idk how you use these unless you fall asleep really quickly, I’d need a playlist or a compilation lol. I prefer Stern or Rogan or something long winded for sleep-listening.
Can someone explain how the ground commands work? I've been trying to get a tutorial but nobody has a good source. Just want to know how to understand taxi commands. I get confused between taxiway letters and stops.
Basically, every letter of the alphabet has a word attached to it to prevent confusion with similar-sounding letters, eg B, C, D, E, G. You can do a Google search for aviation alphabet to see these words, and they are the same worldwide. Taxiways at virtually every airport are labelled with a letter (or 2 if it's a huge airport like Kennedy or Atlanta), and these are specified in the radio chatter with those words. So, Tower can instruct a plane to leave the gate by taxiing on taxiway Bravo (B), turning right on Golf (G), and holding short of November (N) [I've made up the route, don't try to look it up with Toronto's map]. By holding short, the plane is then allowing other planes to use November to taxi to their own destination without having a collision.
Because Toronto has de-icing stations, that's adding to the confusion here as they are also referring to Ice-1, which many airports don't have, such as Miami. So, a bit of the chatter we're hearing is involving planes having to stop at a de-icing station as they're going from the gate to the runway.
Other parts of the radio chatter we hear will be from the tower giving air pressure & wind speads and other information needed for landing and taking off. Because we're hearing Ground, then this recording will be applicable just for departing planes. After the plane has finished de-icing, Tower will send the plane along taxiways to the runway ("go on November, right on Hotel, hold short of 13Left.") That 13L(eft) is a runway, as used in one particular direction; the opposite direction of that same runway is 31R(ight).
And one last bit of information we hear here are when the Tower is telling pilots to change frequencies for different activities. Ground (which we're hearing) is responsible for pretty much just the maneuvering of planes between the runway and the gate. Those entering de-icing apparently have to change to the frequency used by those crews. Also, planes approaching a runway to takeoff or approaching a runway in the air to land have to use a frequency just for the low air space. There is a different set of frequencies used by planes once they're in the air for the duration of the flight. All these frequencies start with 1 and are typically three digits, decimal, and 1-3 digits afterwards (eg 121.7).I hope this helps! It's a lot to take in, and fortunately VAS gives us the text on the screen that definitely helps us learn the language.
Heidi Kohne Nice summary. Is it true that runways are named for the first two digits of its compass heading, followed by L and R if there are two parallel ones (which is why the two ends of a runway are named 18 apart)? Also, can you confirm that there is always a mandatory implied hold before crossing any runway (whether GND mentions it or not)?
So, I'm hearing what I think is mostly domestic aircraft, save for maybe the American Eagle one? Do they have a different ground frequency and controller for their international flights?
Pearson is North Ground 121.65, South Ground 121.90. When busy they generally have both frequencies active and aircraft get transferred between them depending on their taxi route. Pretty sure when things are quite it's one frequency, could be wrong. Apart from United at T1, AA and DL regionals go from T3 at the north end and often depart on the south runway as they are going directly south so they will go through both frequencies generally except for the odd time.
That guy is good like Boston John and the guy from Kennedy we called Steve. Make sure to get some more of this guy. Somebody tell me what 'Ice 1' is? I want to think it is some sort of deicing vehicle but that might be wrong.
jbmbanter ice 1 is one of the deicing pads taxiways. Toronto has one of if not the largest deicing pads you will find. When I was there last week there were 8 aircraft at once being deiced.
I guess the pad has a lot of drains to get the ice and the deicing fluid to flow away quickly to be ready for the next customer. No telling what it costs to get a medium sized passenger jet deiced. Did you like this guy? I want to hear more of him. He sounds like he's having a good time. :)
@10:25 Because Rush is the best band ever from Canada ! www.ranker.com/list/canadian-rock-bands-and-artists/reference For some reason it always surprises me when people 30 years younger than me like the music I grew up with, very cool though.
Ice-1 refers to the De-Icing facility. "Sierra -> Echo -> Hold short de-ice exit 1, cross 33R." Was the call at 9:37 . See 5:50 for pointer to the Ice-1.
Guys this is very interstin there’s to much repetitive sentences though I love the humor n the randomness they say the stuff they didn’t mean to say as well haha
I'm pretty sure my friends across the pond didn't invent words, and calling someone out for preferred spelling would surely make them cringe. We share the world with its inherent problems, therefore anyone who wishes to add unnecessary letters to words are surely free to do so. :)
Oh fuck off. It's an American channel, not the BBC. Your "correction" is just wrong. American and British English are distinct dialects with some different spellings. There's nothing wrong or incorrect about an American/Canadian person/organization spelling it "favorite" or "color" or going to the ER instead of A and E or using a sidewalk instead of a pavement. It's just small differences in dialect and the holier than thou "we invented words" is ridiculous.
Peter Harris there is something wrong with muricans, and Canadians spelling words wrong lol, cause it's wrong. I'm Canadian and we use the correct spellings here. You have misconstrued the definition of dialect
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Toronto Dave + Unexpected ending... :D
VASAviation - Southwest airline flight Emergency landing at Philadelphia with a possible damaged engine. Just saw it on our local news in Pa.
Geddy Lee!
I'm totally not surprised that there's a "Kennedy Steve" type of person at Pearson. IT'S CANADA! lol
3:49 They said, "We're from ALBERTA," not Labrador. Alberta has the beef and the Rockies, Labrador has the... potatoes and um... ocean?
@@rei_cirith the doggos man, the doggos
For some reason, I'd really like to hear Pearson Dave, Kennedy Steve, and Boston John "control" an elementary school playground at recess time...
3rd Grader Morrison, you are cleared for approach to the slide. Take walkway Alpha to the stairs, hold short of ramp.
Or have them commentate sports
@@SonicBoone56 they do airplane sports!
OMG, I died laughing! 🤣 This is an awesome, funny idea!
When Kennedy Steve retired, there was a great, gaping void in the cosmos. And so the heavens parted, and the universe bequeathed us with the new gift to mankind that is Pearson Dave. 😍
I like them both, but I don’t really see the comparison. Dave seems like normally cheery Canadian. Steve is an unusually friendly and comical New Yorker. I like Dave but until he starts imitating people’s accents and sticking the mic down his throat to talk to tugs, he’s no Steve lol.
I said something very similar in a prayer to the ATC spirits to deliver us another salvation in the likeness of Kennedy Steve in another video. Hoping our prayers have been answered.
@@newname4405 gotta give him some time
Dave is very enjoyable to listen to, but he is no Steve... Not yet anyways LOL
@@jonathanbair523 Steve's are sure some big shoes to fill, but let's give Dave some more time to grow into them. 😁
8:10 (in response to pilot contacting company). "Perfect! Be gentle with them, it's one of those nights"
Gold!
"It's Toronto where good things happen. It's like Disney North"
"Oh, we're from Alberta, not from around here"
" Toronto where good things happen ". LOL, not when I lived there.
The A hole of the world, as dad would say.
I don't know how I got stuck on these but I have no regrets!
Weird, isn't it. But I'm with ya all the way.
RUclips algo logic = you click one, you must want to see 100 more.
newname RUclips where too much of a good thing is not a possibility.
newname they’re not wrong.
@@newname4405 l
Dave is super awesome. Had the chance to drive on the airfield at yyz following his instructions from the tower... super nice controller, makes u feel at ease.
sounds like this guy really enjoys his job!
at 3:49, he says "We are from Labrador" He actually says "We are from Alberta" ( a big province just North of Montana)
I love this channel, thanks a bunch for all the Fly chatter.
Yeah it’s Abit on the other side of the country from Labrador lol. Plus the true ontarian way of saying Toronto written as “true honour” right before that
@@gtafan1722 You absolutely know someone isn't a local if they pronounce the 2nd 'T' in Toronto. 90% of people I know say "Turonno"
In a perfect world my navigation would be voiced by Kennedy Steve & Pearson Dave.
Omg someone from Waze should totally do this!!!
Love the bit of extremely appropriate RUSH YYZ at the end - it's their local airport as well.
We really need to build an airport with Pearson Dave and Kennedy Steve on Ground and Boston John on Tower.
Being in ATC is a stressful job, glad Toronto Dave enjoys his work.
Cool tidbit about the song played at the end the opening to the original is the Morse code for YYZ and the story goes when Rush was flying on their private plane back from a recording session in Quebec they could hear the radio from the cockpit and they were sending the Morse code for YYZ over the radio and they liked the rhythm and wrote the song YYZ with it.
Always enjoy Pearson Dave. Great work, thanks for posting. Fellow bass player, love that Rush YYZ at the end!
Thanks for watching :)
Instructions are clear, he knows his job and that’s what every pilot want!
I like the YYZ by Rush bass playing at the end too ..... Great tune!!
Dude was absolutely on fire. What a pro
"Good daaaaay" and "we'll see ya" and "... there is hope"
Pearson Dave's signature phrases, there 😁
Also: Nice bass licks! 👍
I found a couple of mistakes: 3:41 "haven't heard that in a while" 3:43 "It's Toronto where good times..." 3:49 "were from Alberta not around here.
Yeah wtf lol. Good beef & mountains in labrador? lol
Yeah, sadly, there are a few more like that. I had read in another video's comments a whole bunch of people volunteered to help you with proofing transcripts. Did none of those people turn up? If not, I will drop you a line.
Meh, it's probably easier to just fire off a mistaken subtitle than it is to proof. The audio is spot on, and if you can't tell the difference between Labrador and Alberta, then it probably doesn't matter. And if you CAN tell the difference, then it probably doesn't matter either.
@Colin Brown: exactly. These small mistakes make no difference in the enjoyment of the clip. Also, the correct Canadian spelling of "out" as "oot" made it all worthwhile! :)
MrGeorgeScatos gtf ooota here lol
I love hearing someone so confident and funny! Great video
When he said oot I can’t
3:26 "oot" haha
Love this man !
I just found this channel and have been here all day. Someone owes me a beer!
You can give me that beer anytime
Thanks! I was waiting for more of Toronto Dave. I wonder if he knows that he has become a RUclips Star!
AFmedic6871 I was wondering the same, he's building a fan club and probably doesn't know it.
VAS should go talk to him, or else Captain Joe will find him first.
When you had a good time before your job starts..... feels good to be in good mood and being energetic bruh
He must have listened to Kennedy Steve and said, "I can be like that!
Brilliant!
I've been sulking since Kennedy-Steve retired.
Enjoy these. My brother was AATC at Pearson. If I may, @ 03:40 I think he said Toronto, not True Honor. @ about 03:49. he says Alberta, not Labrador. While skiing is OK it Labrador, it doesn't compare to Alberta & the beef.
glad to see you decided on Pearson Dave, good name, and geddy would be proud of your yyz bass cover :)
We need more of Pearson Dave! 🗣
We need more of Toronto Dave! ❤
I wonder if this dude is aware of the fact he is filling some very big shoes, and could be destined for ATC greatness on the internets?
Nope this guy is just good. Actually DAMN good lol
More great videos...love them..keep up the great work
And a great thanks for the Geddy Lee tribute... NIcely done.
couple of notes on mistakes 3:41 "haven't heard that in a while" 3:44 "It's Toronto, where" 3:49 "We're from Alberta"
I hear labrador has great beef & mountains :)
Also Transat 441 is actually Tractor 441. It's a tug towing an aircraft.
Thanks for that!
I hear the references of Toronto and Alberta as it does make more sense with beef and ski mountains there than (Newfoundland &) Labrador
Howard Chu Labrador does have a ski resort apparently. Also the first thing I think of when I think of Alberta is not skiing lol
Any chance you could highlight the route instructions on the airport map as they are given? It'd make your videos even more awesome.
Sure, I can try that!
Pearson ATC, the best in ATC.
Is dave confirmed or is it just what we settled with? 😅
Also some feedback: im lying i bed right now about to sleep and in the pauses when no text was on screen the difference in brightness always killed my eyes even on lowest brightness settings because my eyes adjusted to the dark overlay before 😂 i know its an oddly specific detail to comment on but i thought i might let you know :)
Falketto His name is David, so yes.
Agree
Eh just do what I do and have it on the other side (of you that is, ie if you’re a side sleeper turn away, or if on your back just have it lower etc.), ever since YT made it so you can’t lock the phone it stays bright anyway. Although idk how you use these unless you fall asleep really quickly, I’d need a playlist or a compilation lol. I prefer Stern or Rogan or something long winded for sleep-listening.
This is an awesome belated birthday present 10th March. Thank you.
FavoUrite in the intro would've been a nice touch :p thanks for the vid! Nice to see our local guy
Guys I repeat he has bass licks XD he has bass licks!!
Outstanding grnd service at TO.
Ohhh yeee! Pearson Dave!
Pearson Dave = Kennedy Steve :D
Dig the bass ending. Should be ya intro song one time
Geddy Lee it's not, but still a nice idea.
Very nice
That was a nice ending :)
Can someone explain how the ground commands work? I've been trying to get a tutorial but nobody has a good source. Just want to know how to understand taxi commands. I get confused between taxiway letters and stops.
Basically, every letter of the alphabet has a word attached to it to prevent confusion with similar-sounding letters, eg B, C, D, E, G. You can do a Google search for aviation alphabet to see these words, and they are the same worldwide. Taxiways at virtually every airport are labelled with a letter (or 2 if it's a huge airport like Kennedy or Atlanta), and these are specified in the radio chatter with those words. So, Tower can instruct a plane to leave the gate by taxiing on taxiway Bravo (B), turning right on Golf (G), and holding short of November (N) [I've made up the route, don't try to look it up with Toronto's map]. By holding short, the plane is then allowing other planes to use November to taxi to their own destination without having a collision.
Because Toronto has de-icing stations, that's adding to the confusion here as they are also referring to Ice-1, which many airports don't have, such as Miami. So, a bit of the chatter we're hearing is involving planes having to stop at a de-icing station as they're going from the gate to the runway.
Other parts of the radio chatter we hear will be from the tower giving air pressure & wind speads and other information needed for landing and taking off. Because we're hearing Ground, then this recording will be applicable just for departing planes. After the plane has finished de-icing, Tower will send the plane along taxiways to the runway ("go on November, right on Hotel, hold short of 13Left.") That 13L(eft) is a runway, as used in one particular direction; the opposite direction of that same runway is 31R(ight).
And one last bit of information we hear here are when the Tower is telling pilots to change frequencies for different activities. Ground (which we're hearing) is responsible for pretty much just the maneuvering of planes between the runway and the gate. Those entering de-icing apparently have to change to the frequency used by those crews. Also, planes approaching a runway to takeoff or approaching a runway in the air to land have to use a frequency just for the low air space. There is a different set of frequencies used by planes once they're in the air for the duration of the flight. All these frequencies start with 1 and are typically three digits, decimal, and 1-3 digits afterwards (eg 121.7).I hope this helps! It's a lot to take in, and fortunately VAS gives us the text on the screen that definitely helps us learn the language.
Heidi Kohne Nice summary.
Is it true that runways are named for the first two digits of its compass heading, followed by L and R if there are two parallel ones (which is why the two ends of a runway are named 18 apart)?
Also, can you confirm that there is always a mandatory implied hold before crossing any runway (whether GND mentions it or not)?
I want to have a beer with this guy
Gotta love a guy that truly seems to be enjoying his stupidly high stress job...
But but... where's are the Jetblue Tugs? :(
You're in our thoughts, Brooky.
The algorithm decided i needed to watch these videos.
This gives me a headache! How is all this coordination even possible! wow
3:43 "it's toronto!" not "it's true honour"
So, I'm hearing what I think is mostly domestic aircraft, save for maybe the American Eagle one? Do they have a different ground frequency and controller for their international flights?
Pearson is North Ground 121.65, South Ground 121.90. When busy they generally have both frequencies active and aircraft get transferred between them depending on their taxi route. Pretty sure when things are quite it's one frequency, could be wrong. Apart from United at T1, AA and DL regionals go from T3 at the north end and often depart on the south runway as they are going directly south so they will go through both frequencies generally except for the odd time.
Labrador is Alberta and the start of the sentence is It's Toronto (yes, I'm Canadian)
I live in Vancouver can you make another video about yvr ?
is this real time or is this over a period of hours
That guy is good like Boston John and the guy from Kennedy we called Steve. Make sure to get some more of this guy. Somebody tell me what 'Ice 1' is? I want to think it is some sort of deicing vehicle but that might be wrong.
jbmbanter ice 1 is one of the deicing pads taxiways. Toronto has one of if not the largest deicing pads you will find. When I was there last week there were 8 aircraft at once being deiced.
I guess the pad has a lot of drains to get the ice and the deicing fluid to flow away quickly to be ready for the next customer. No telling what it costs to get a medium sized passenger jet deiced. Did you like this guy? I want to hear more of him. He sounds like he's having a good time. :)
Family Guy has it right about Canadian pronunciation 👍👍
3:30 ish "We're from Alberta" not Labrador.
Yeah, I noticed that too. Also at 3:43, it wasn't "true honour", it's "Toronto." Torontonians drop the last "t" so it sounds like "Torono."
Haha 😂
Is this normal at Toronto Pearson? Or indeed in Canada?
Anyone would think he was trained by Kennedy Steve!!
Or inspired by him.
3:43 sub says it’s good honour
But he says its Toronto
@10:25 Because Rush is the best band ever from Canada !
www.ranker.com/list/canadian-rock-bands-and-artists/reference
For some reason it always surprises me when people 30 years younger than me like the music I grew up with, very cool though.
6:41 Isn’t ACA759 the one that almost landed on a taxiway at SFO?
That's just the callsign. The registration number is how to figure that out. The callsign bassically tells you where you are going.
Aspires to be the next Kennedy Steve
Pretty early for me
3:43 Its Toronto where good times happen 3:48 We're from Alberta
It's Toronto Where good times happen It's like disney north.. We are from Alberta ...Edit fix ...
3:51 "we're from alberta" not "we're from labrador"
So "I" is Ice instead of India in Canada?
Jiachen Jiang I think the ICE intersections are the deicing positions.
im not sure but he might be referring to the deicing apron
Ice-1 refers to the De-Icing facility. "Sierra -> Echo -> Hold short de-ice exit 1, cross 33R." Was the call at 9:37 . See 5:50 for pointer to the Ice-1.
ICE-x are different taxiways surrounding the de-ice pad.
The phonetics are the same everywhere.
R I P Neil
Eyy CANADIA
What are you on aboot?
So what's the story of the guitar? I didn't get it...
That song is called YYZ
RUSH "YYZ"...
Hi person have a great day
He's from Alberta, not Labrador
Only in Canada would they substitute India from the traditional phonetic alphabet for Ice.
Pretty sure at 3:10 he says Toronto not true honour :D
How do you confuse Alberta and Labrador??....you need a Canadian to transcribe these for you...
If you want to help, you can email me.
VASAviation - What’s your email? I’d be more than happy to help :)
vasaviation1 at gmail dot com
You have it in the description.
0:19 Who will buy the beer?
Morse code. YYZ
#DISNEYNORTH
I just heard a weird conversation between Toronto ground and the pilots today 04/15 at 14:14 UTC. Check it later =]
Flávio Kaowã sassy!
Favourite. If you're going Canadian, spell 'er right, eh?
Diet Dr. Steve.
He said Alberta, not Labrador...
I guess you don't understand the Canadian accent. Around 3:50 "true honour" = Toronto, and "Labrador" = Alberta.
Proper local pronunciation of Toronto is "Trawna" - which can sound a lot like "true honour".
Is that the correct way to pronounce Labrador then? I owe my dogs an apology if it is..
No. As many fellow Canadians have pointed out, the subtitles are wrong. The pilot actually said "Alberta".
Guys this is very interstin there’s to much repetitive sentences though I love the humor n the randomness they say the stuff they didn’t mean to say as well haha
You spelled favourite wrong in your RUclips video
I didn't for American speakers.
VASAviation - The British invented words and they'll tell you how to spell them thank you very much :P
I'm pretty sure my friends across the pond didn't invent words, and calling someone out for preferred spelling would surely make them cringe. We share the world with its inherent problems, therefore anyone who wishes to add unnecessary letters to words are surely free to do so. :)
Oh fuck off. It's an American channel, not the BBC. Your "correction" is just wrong. American and British English are distinct dialects with some different spellings. There's nothing wrong or incorrect about an American/Canadian person/organization spelling it "favorite" or "color" or going to the ER instead of A and E or using a sidewalk instead of a pavement. It's just small differences in dialect and the holier than thou "we invented words" is ridiculous.
Peter Harris there is something wrong with muricans, and Canadians spelling words wrong lol, cause it's wrong. I'm Canadian and we use the correct spellings here. You have misconstrued the definition of dialect
Off topic ATC lol
Alberta not labrador