>A PILOT'S TALE......
>
> The German controllers at Frankfurt Airport were a short-tempered lot.
> They not only expected you to know your parking location but how to
> get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some amusement
> that we (PanAm 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt
> ground and a British Airways 747 (radio call Speedbird 206) after
> landing:
>
> Speedbird 206: "Good morning Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of the
>   active (runway)."
>
> Ground: "Guten morgan, taxi to your gate."
>
> The British Airways 747 pulls onto the main taxiway and stops.
>
> Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?"
>
> Speedbird 206: "Stand by, ground, I'm looking up the gate location now."
>
> Ground (with typical German impatience): "Speedbird 206, have you
> never flown to Frankfurt before?"
>
> Speedbird 206 (coolly): "Yes, in 1944. But I didn't stop".