The pilots of a Southwest Airlines flight departing New York LaGuardia (LGA) made a mistake. What’s wild to me is how unprofessionally the air traffic controller handled that mistake, though, and the clear joy he got from being able to chew out the pilots…

Southwest pilots don’t follow instructions, pay the price

The air traffic controller really was a jerk about this

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Southwest pilots don’t follow instructions, pay the price

YouTube channel You can see ATC has the air traffic control audio and a visualization of an incident that happened shortly after 7PM local time on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, at New York LaGuardia Airport.

A Southwest Boeing 737-800 was getting ready to depart to Dallas Love Field (DAL), and was just getting permission to taxi to the runway, which is when the issues started:

Air traffic controller: “Southwest 4541, runway 13, give way to an E170 off the left, taxi via L, B, G, hold short of runway 22.”

Southwest pilot: “Taxi runway 13 via L, B, G, hold short of runway…