As I see it, "Paulo" had the other aircraft in sight and wanted to ask if the other aircraft had Paulo in sight.
a) What if the reply is NO......do you wast more R/T time trying to have a private conversation describing at length where you are and what you will do? or
b) What if the reply is YES.....and the aircraft continues to get closer and closer and closer.
In both cases, the R/T call is a waste of time that can be used to get your aircraft into a safe position.
Are we going to hear the following on London Information and thus making the frequency totally useless;
"G-ABCD mid channel 3000ft"
"G-ABCD this is G-XYZA do you have me in sight?"
"G-ABCD this is F-DFRT do you have me in sight and G-ZYZA wher are you should you have me in sight or should I have youi in sight or is this a wast of time better spent looking out the window?"
I have been on the receiving end of this "do you have me in sight" bleating on a few occasions. In order to shut the guy up, I eventually pointed out that I had just called final while he was still overhead and yes I did have him in sight 2000 ft above and 2 miles away!!!!! I have enough to do flying my aircraft I am not going to do your job as well!!!
There is Paulo looking out the back window talking on the radio driving his aircraft into the one in front.
Chilli is perfectly correct to be harsh...because standards are dropping and we will end up with nothing but Yak Yak where are you here I am what did you do for lunch old chap yak yak yak.
ZXC down wind contact 2 ahead / zxc final contact one on the runway / ZXC having a collision with the non radio final traffic / zxc leaving the airwaves.
Only ATC can decide or dictate the sequence.
At an AFISO or A/G service field, if G-ABCD calls downwind and correctly identifies 2 aircraft ahead at that time it is perfectly correct for another aircraft to position ahead and thus change G-ABCD's position in the sequence provided it is done safely. This instantly makes the out loud calling of sequence number a waste of time and an even bigger waste of time if it is repeatidly updated.
I personally think that some pilots believe that if they call downwind 2 ahead that no other aircraft can then get ahead of them - Not true.
Aviate, Navigate and Communicate by the book cause that is why it is there.
Feel free to suggest changes to the R/T book to the CAA so that we can all use them if they are safe.
Regards,
DFC