I was dismayed how Australian R/T procedures by pilots had changed for the worse. AIP read-backs had increased significantly but worse was the arrival of the greeting age. R/T transmissions by pilots now included superfluous bonhomie greetings just like the babble in Europe. G'Days, cheers, see youse later, good morning, afternoon, evening became the norm. Even ATC were drawn into this nonsense.
Though outside the defined ATC lexicon, words of civility, respect, and even the occasional humour reminds everyone in this increasingly automated profession that on the other end of that faceless transmission is a living, breathing, fallible human being. This is NOT nonsense. This is inserting a moment of humanity into the rigid discipline of aviation.
Good day sir.