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108:15:37 Network controller gets in trouble for not responding to Flight

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bfeist:
...due to whitehouse communications setup. I believe he was later sent home, but I can't find the clip that refers to that.
https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/?t=108:15:37

Naraht:
Interesting. It sounds to me like Charlesworth is kidding with him but I can't work out how long he was actually waiting for a response.

This reminded me of a somewhat comparable incident the day before the landing, when the crew woke up early from their sleep period and no one heard them calling for a long while. Except for Yaw, who didn't mention it. In the end it was FIDO who confessed this to Flight.

https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/?t=069:23:42&ch=50

FIDO (Jay Greene): Flight, FIDO. Yaw says he heard them. He says he heard them call about three times.
Flight (Glynn Lunney): Yaw, if you heard that, why didn't you mention it in the room?
FIDO: Yeah, we should have.
Flight: Yeah!

bfeist:
Found it! He did get in trouble but wasn't sent home for this. He was sent home the night before for something else.
http://apolloinrealtime.org/11/?t=132:07:15&ch=11

Naraht:
Huh, very interesting!

MadDogBV:
(Apologies for the necropost.)

Comm decorum is a BIG deal in the MOCR. During Apollo 13, I think Lunney, Griffin and Windler all grumbled at controllers for not having the air-to-ground loop punched up when the crew asked a question. I can totally believe a controller would be thrown out for making that same mistake twice.

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