Talking to traffic in the circuit
I found myself trying to deconflict at Goodwood a few weeks ago (G-**AC, hello, thanks for confirming!).
Aside from wanting to curse overhead joins (let's all fly into each other, then work it out - grrr), what I didn't really know was, when you've got someone in your 'area' and you want to know, say, whether the've seen you, what to do with RT.
Do we do this cumbersome chat?
G-ME: Borton Tower, G-ME, request confirmation that G-THEM has traffic in sight.
Borton: G-THEM, Borton Tower, Do you have traffic in sight?
G-THEM: Traffic in Sight, G-THEM.
The "A asks B to ask C" idea seems daft. I had a garbled attempt at a shortcut....
G-ME: Can AC confirm traffic in sight? G-ME
Not sure it really worked though. What do you do?