Air traffic control audio from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has drawn widespread attention after pilots were heard making animal noises over the radio, prompting an air traffic controller to admonish them to behave professionally.
The clip, recorded from communications at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport outside Washington, D.C., on April 12, captures what appear to be pilots meowing and barking during radio chatter on a busy control frequency. The unusual exchange quickly escalated when another voice interrupted, telling the pilots to act like “professional pilots” and questioning one with the remark, “Why you still fly an RJ,” using aviation shorthand for a regional jet.
