Originally Posted by
thunderbird7
a mix of outrage from some GA pilots and enlightenment from others, that people should use such terms when flying in 'GA' and not 'Military' airspace. .... Either way, an awareness of different ways of skinning a cat and that others may not understand the words you use may be the way forward...
Or just join for a break to land every time...
I'm sure it wound up the civvies no end (and probably rightly so) when we practised diversions into a nearby civilian airfield. You could almost hear the amusement in the controllers voice there as he interupted whatever they were doing and said to his assembled throng ..
"All stations, clear the circuit immediately, military aircraft inbound" and their 'pi$$ed-offness' when a Bulldog trundled into sight, did an approach, not even a TnGo, and then bogged off again..