The more I think about it - I wonder if I am teasing.
Who cares - presumably not Rolling Circle (who will probably read this thread three times now - even though he knows its contents)...maybe students and instructors care.
Students might care because they have the ability to fail written examinations, which - certainly in the case of R/T - are often based on pedantics.
Instructors might care because they care what they are teaching - and want their students to get it right....especially when they come o do their written examinations.
Do we "care" about the definition of "Roger"? Does it matter whether we use the phrase to say "I have received all of your last transmission" or to say "I have received and understood all of your last transmission"...again, it's failable when it comes to exam time.
Or - could it be that the current thinking in the aviation industry is along the lines of "not caring" about standards.
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[ 06 October 2001: Message edited by: GoneWest ]