with a lot of ass-covering waffle also.
Ahhhh, this was the point I hoped somebody would raise.
We've just had the requirement introduced here, and the checklist we've been given to follow is great for enroute, yet doesn't really apply to Approach/Terminal. You start getting/giving your life story on handover, what you were going to do and watch out for them tower guys who ain't in the best mood today (
).
And the response from the guy taking over? "Yeah, yeah. Get out of the way while I have time to fix it"