On: US Visual Approaches: Lessons from the LH458 Incid...

[dralley]

>Is this normal for ATC to communicate like this? This sounds like some people I worked with in previous job with much lower stakes involved…

No, it's not normal. I've watched a lot of "ATC recording incident videos" and SFO are notable for how many there are and how egregious.

another example of a powertripping controller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZzBTZctiAg&t=2m20s

[asylteltine → dralley]

I assumed this was about SFO before I read it. What is it about that area to have the worst controllers?