Originally Posted by
parishiltons
Perhaps if the USA adopted ICAO phraseology and enforced it, it would be a better place to fly, particularly for ESL pilots.
Has the US registered a difference with ICAO for nonstandard phraseology?
For the USA to file nonstandard phraseology differences with ICAO would fill a volume as thick as a telephone directory.
It’s unfortunate enough that they persist with feet and statute miles for visibility, pounds and ounces, US quarts and gallons, and inches Hg for altimeter settings, but they reckon they have a right to those things because (to misquote that wonderfully politically incorrect song), “they got the bomb”.