Originally Posted by
Keith Myath
Hi Will
I’m not sure if you’re serious or feigning indignation. I wasn’t having a personal go at any one controller, I understand the rules are set far higher up than the coal face – so don’t take the pedant’s society comment personally, it’s more of a go at the general nature of the ATC rules in Australia.
Anyhow, thank you for aptly confirming my assertion that in Australia, you cannot declare medical priority on airline operations without a pan call.
Don’t worry, I’ll blithely comply with all the unique readback requirements (decend via star – for the 14th time, leaving FL xxx), and wear my high vis vest, have three points of contact while ascending or descending stairs, make sure my ASIC is not upside down, and all those other important rules that I don’t know how other countries survive without...
Still waiting for you to tell us why it’s such a bad thing to be knowledgeable about what we do.