I was on downwind when I heard the transmission to the tower from an airplane that had just taken off: "Hey, the airplane that's holding short has his nose over the hold-short line. I think someone should do something about it. Some legislative action' [his words, not mine] should be taken." I couldn't believe what I was hearing and, to be honest, it was all I could do to keep froxn keying the mike and telling the guy to stuff it. No one likes a tattle-tale who takes it upon themselves to rat on fellow pilots. The voice had a very indignant tone to it. As if the tower should pay special attention to everything he said. And it had a big-city accent and a generally condescending tone, as if here he was out in the sticks where the locals couldn't be trusted to run an airport, so he had to help them out with his expertise.
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