Extraneous useless radio phrases

[Mach 80]

Sorry..he did respond "Descend to FL 240" not 230, but what's with saying "We'll do it"??

Just about as goofy and useless addendum to an ATC instruction as you can imagine.

 

[murfdawg998]

shortcuts and ride reports!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! give us a break. at least try not to ask every single controller, every time you check in on a new freq.

 

[CLR2LAN]

Mach 80 - you sound like so much fun to fly with....

 

[Mach 80]

Actually my F/O's, most of whom grew up in the new pathetic ATC chatty lingo of "Any chance...." and "..with you" and "30.12 --- ON THE METER" crack up when I point out the controller knows they are "with them" - they don't have to tell them, that this isn't a casino so drop the "Any chance.." and just request what ya want and the altimeter setting always goes into the altimeter, not on the wing or rudder so you don't have to tell the controller "on the meter" and we are required to do what ATC says when we acknowledge a clearance so there is no need to say "Well do it!" or "Here we go!" at the end of a clearance like you are about to do cliff diving. We then enjoy making fun of guys who do and make bets how many "Any chance.."s or "with you"s we are going to hear on a frequency.

 

[regionalcap]

We then enjoy making fun of guys who do and make bets how many "Any chance.."s or "with you"s we are going to hear on a frequency.

Sounds like a blast. :bomb:

 

[PCL_128]

Just read the newspaper and learn how to tune everything out except your own callsign. Makes life a lot easier.

 

[CLR2LAN]

"any chance of talking you out of direct ZYX"

 

[Stepclimb]

In fairness, ATC uses unnecessary verbiage at times too ..


I also like "Climb and maintain ". "Fly planned route" and "assume own navigation". Unless you tell me otherwise I take these as a given.

"Climb and maintain" removes ambiguity.
Example: without the word maintain, a controller might issue "Climb to 7000"

A pilot might interpret this as "Climb 27 thousand (27,000 ft)"

Many foreign ATC's still use "climb to" and it often causes confusion. I, for one, am glad we in the US include the word maintain in altitude clearances.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

mach 80, how many ex-wives do you have? Do you have any idea why so many? :laugh:

 

[Mach 80]

Why would anyone ever say for flight level reporting "...twenty POINT five..." instead of "..two zero five.."??

Or along the same lines -- "...20 and a HALF.."??

Point?? Half?? Where does this crap get dreamed up???