Everybody!
Pls stay on focus.
My main concern is safety!
Dont drift off to take punches at each other...
I raised d whole issue coz I feel that even if only 7% of the air time, d "divine ref" is a waste!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ICAO sets standards and we r obliged to comply. No matter if we believe in Christ, Allah, Budha etc. We must refrain from taking even a second of air time, unless it is directly related to d job.
I got upset coz I hear this more and more lately!!!
As somebody above said non-standard talk takes extra mental resources from the crew/ATC, coz dey do not hear what dey expect to. And a part (even if minuscle) of your brain is taken off the process of monitoring to solve the issue of analysing what you just heard.
Imagine if all the time we have to strain to listen to and comprehend the non-standard and non-essential talk?!
Go on! I like this discussion!
Cheers...