Originally Posted by
Mooncrest
HD, there was probably nothing wrong at all with that particular instruction. I'm not an ATCO so I don't have the detailed inside info. I'm just relaying what I used to hear many years ago from a single controller at one unit. I'm unable to comment as to right and wrong but that instruction did stand out.
Whilst I accept that the “Department of Change” may have outlawed this phraseology - why?, I don’t know - many ATCOS used it for many years ( without incident). Can anyone explain why it should have fallen out of favour ?