ATC and pilot chat

[no1pilot2000]

My friend and I were listening to his scanner one evening and were heard fire, rescue, and pilot/ATC communications. He was wondering why some airline and other pilots don't talk very clearly when speaking to controllers. He said the pilots like to either talk real fast and they trip over their own words as they are saying them (even when there's no-one else on the freq.), or sluuur their words, or are just can't be understood. I told him pilots are taught to speak differently. Some pilots speak fast over the radio and some take their time when talking to ATC.

 

[FLYLOW22]

Is it a Russian crew?

Vodka.

 

[waveflyer]

Fly a line and you'll understand. The communication isn't as bad as you'd think just listening in. Both atc (whose schedules can be as grueling as pilots) and pilots get real tired and/or busy- and the first thing to go is clear-speak--- but 90% of communication is routine and very expected for the experienced. And as they say- actions speak louder than words. If something needs cleared up or is unroutine- both sides will perk up and speak in whatever way they need to be understood.

 

[Quimby]

If you think, you're dead.

Speak fast & use lots of jargon.
:smash:

Lots of "tally ho's", "bogey", and "I got him on the fish finder" helps.

don't forget the ever popular "pos and hold" (also, "on the hold")

 

[Jetjockey]

I never really understood the need to talk fast. Brevity is one thing. Most guys sound like they have a load of crap in their mouths when talking to fast.

 

[TV9Driver]

well, most pilots ARE full of $h1t

 

[Captzaahlie]

I think it has do do with how tight their shorts are.......

 

[Whataburger]

Tally ho, go for guns, get ya some, how do you kill so many women and children, call the ball, ready room, misson, and sorte are some cool words I use.

 

[igneousy2]

Partly it's because so much stuff is put in by lawyers that by the time the controller releases the mic the acknowledgement is more for the tape then for the controller as he already sees you reacting to his instructions.

XXX airline wind is zero-six-zero at seven; peek gust one-seven recorded one-zero minutes ago; traffic you are following is a seven-forty-seven on the blah blah Departure; triple-seven traffic landing on the parallel runway; traffic landing on the intersecting runway will hold short of the intersection; previous departure reported a gain of three knots at sixty-feet; birds noticed near the forest; yesterday there was a deer at the far end of the runway, on the other side of the fence; Sarah Palin says she can see Russia from here; Warning...the previous departure was performed by highly paid professionals...please don't try this at home; Runway seven-right cleared for take-off.

By the time the controller un-keys his mic you are half way down the runway approaching v1.

 

[gutshotdraw]

If you think, you're dead.

Speak fast & use lots of jargon.
:smash:

Lots of "tally ho's", "bogey", and "I got him on the fish finder" helps.

don't forget the ever popular "pos and hold" (also, "on the hold")

You forgot "wind check."