"Traffic in sight"

[T-1GUY]

How about a "Judy" call?

Judy
Radio call signaling that your quarry is in sight and you are taking control of the intercept. "Darkstar, Judy, Judy. I'm going in for Guns."

He's too far out, I'm switching to missiles....

 

[RJLoser]

Even if I don't have the traffic in sight visually, I'll let ATC know if I have him on the "Fish Finder" and then a "tally ho" if I get him visually.

This thread is complete with this post.. Thank you.

 

[Freebrd]

Says YOU? Who are you, the "official thread ender" on here?

 

[Muskycat]

When you are above 18,000' and ATC lets you know about crossing traffic coming up, if you don't see the traffic right away, there is absolutely no need to call ATC back a few minutes later clogging up the frequency telling ATC that you now see the traffic. Did he ask you to report the traffic? No. It is simply done as a courtesy so you won't be startled when you see the traffic. Many years ago when jets first started flying, pilots almost climbed and descended on their own before warnings were issued. Anyway, no need to be a hero and call back ATC simply to report "traffic in sight", the controller really doesn't care and does not need you to report the traffic, so please stop adding to radio clutter.

Kinda like now as you clutter up the board..............

SO SHUT THE F##K UP..............

 

[Freebrd]

^^^ yeah what he say

 

[el raton]

We're IMC.

 

[Uncle Bunkle]

We're IMC.

"We're IFR".

 

[Freebrd]

"we be IFR in IMC"

copy dat!

 

[Mach 80]

"SO SHUT THE F##K UP.............."

That's what I want to say when I hear blabbering pilots saying uneccessary, stupid, annoying, useless blather on the radio.

And BTW, can we drop this "Any chance..." wording when requesting something? Oh....and be sure and add the phrase "...if available". The controller needs to be reminded to only give a new altitude or route if it's available so yeah, that's very good to remind him and good use of radio time. Another common but useless blather phrase. When does it end?

God, last night I heard another ".....no worries" as a response to a simple heading assignment by ATC.

 

[SWA Bubba]

"SO SHUT THE F##K UP.............."

That's what I want to say when I hear blabbering pilots saying uneccessary, stupid, annoying, useless blather on the radio.

And BTW, can we drop this "Any chance..." wording when requesting something? Oh....and be sure and add the phrase "...if available". The controller needs to be reminded to only give a new altitude or route if it's available so yeah, that's very good to remind him and good use of radio time. Another common but useless blather phrase. When does it end?

God, last night I heard another ".....no worries" as a response to a simple heading assignment by ATC.

You know, you seem a little high strung lately; what with multiple threads and posts about the typical, common radio chatter that seems to really, really bother you. Maybe you should talk to someone about it before your BP gets too high. Mainly because it's pretty much the way radio traffic works. Every day. Across the entire country. And it ain't gonna change anytime soon.

Bubba

 

[rettofly]

...and then there was the lady working TOL Departure in the wee hours about 15 years ago who included "cool" in every sentence. When I asked her where that could be found in the Controller's Handbook, she didn't miss a beat: "It's in the appendix".

 

[Mach 80]

It doesn't have to work that way Bubba. I much prefer the radio work in Europe....very little of the useless unnecessary crap that goes on here in the U.S.

 

[Dornier 335]

It doesn't have to work that way Bubba. I much prefer the radio work in Europe....very little of the useless unnecessary crap that goes on here in the U.S.

not sure if you fly down south but SWA is doing a pretty good job for the most part in sticking to ICAO radio procedures. Kinda surprised.

 

[fob727]

You know, you seem a little high strung lately; what with multiple threads and posts about the typical, common radio chatter that seems to really, really bother you. Maybe you should talk to someone about it before your BP gets too high. Mainly because it's pretty much the way radio traffic works. Every day. Across the entire country. And it ain't gonna change anytime soon.

Bubba

What he said!! M80...can you say "anal"?

 

[SWA Bubba]

It doesn't have to work that way Bubba. I much prefer the radio work in Europe....very little of the useless unnecessary crap that goes on here in the U.S.

You're right in that it doesn't HAVE to, but it is. And it isn't going to change. Radio traffic in the U.S., for the most part, is from native English speakers, all from the same airlines going all over the country. And they all know and use the same idioms. That's the way they talk, everywhere, and nothing will change it. New guys listens to it, and start to talk that way themselves.

In Europe, all the non-native English speakers speak various proficiencies of English on aviation radios in all sorts of accents, so everyone has to stick to the script, just to be understood. Now, if every state in the U.S. had a different language, and their pilots learned English specifically to speak on the radios, THEN it would be like Europe over here.

There's the difference.

Bubba