Air traffic control conversation takes flirty turn for unsuspecting pilot
- Posted on May 18, 2026
- By The Independent
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Air traffic control conversation takes flirty turn for unsuspecting pilot
An “awkward” call between an air traffic controller and her husband pilot was overheard by another pilot. In audio shared by AirTrafficControl.com, a pilot can be heard telling his wife, a flight controller, that he loves her and needs to get back to work. A different pilot overheard the interaction as he radioed into the Camarillo air traffic control radio tower in California. He then joked: “Hey Camarillo tower, we love you too. So we'd like to get a TEC route, if possible, to Santa Monica.” The controller revealed that she had just been talking to her husband, as the second pilot responded: “All right, that just got way awkward.” Her husband later chimed in to joke: “I'm still here. You flirting with my wife?”. “No comment,” the second pilot replied.