If you are not an aviation professional, you may not be familiar with the term pilot deviation (PD). Basically, if air traffic control (ATC) calls a pilot on the radio in flight and asks them to “copy ...

“You guys need to be professional," an air traffic control worker is heard telling the pilots.

What did the FAA say about the pilots' meowing, barking? In an emailed statement to USA TODAY, the Federal Aviation ...

The animal sounds heard over an air traffic control frequency were not from a cat loose on the plane, but human pilots making animal noises. The meowing occurred over an air traffic control frequency ...

You’ve gotta be kitten me. A pair of pilots were scolded for making cat and dog noises over an air traffic control frequency — and the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the now-viral ...

The Federal Aviation Administration said that it was investigating the interaction, and that pilots were banned from “nonessential communication” below a certain altitude.

Air traffic controllers were met with even more cat noises and additional barking after telling the unidentified pilots to cut it out.

The meowing occurred over an air traffic control frequency at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on April 12.