3 Things that need to be addressed with Dubai ATC.
1. The ATIS. Its way to long. Just give us the runway in use and the weather. Drop all the other crap- we have notams. Why do you have to update it every half hour? Its a pain in the ass to have to go off ATC frequency in the descent to get the new ATIS code.
2. Clearance delivery. Time for its own frequency all the time! There is no reason why we should wait for taxi clearance because someone is getting their clnx. Ground frequency is over congested as it is especially with all the airport work going on.
3. The verbal speal we have to give with departure and arrival. On departure this is a very busy time in the cockpit, low to the ground and we have to spit out aircraft type blah blah. Name, SID and altitude climbing out of.
Thanks
RB