Found this AIC the other day, and thought you all might be interested.You need ACROBAT READER to view the file.
<a href="http://www.ais.org.uk/Uk_aip/pdf/aic/4Y058.pdf" target="_blank">UK AIC 73/2001 YELLOW. RTF DISCIPLINE</a>
For those without Acrobat or can't be arsed going to the web page here's a summary:
This yellow concerns RTF Discipline and initial calls on frequency. A survey of Scottish TMA departures found that on first contact;
a) 79% gave the SID
b) 89% reported passing level
c) 63% reported cleared altitude
d) 52% gave all required items
e) 4% GAVE NO INFORMATION AT ALL
In my opinion, a) to d) should read 100%
and e) should most definitely read 0%
This next bit is interesting. I quote,
"..almost a tenth of all pilots did not pass their current altitude. In a majority of these instances, the ScACC controller did not ..query this and thus Mode C had not been verified.....the use of Mode C to provide vertical separation was, strictly speaking, not permissable..."
There is also a couple of paragraphs on the tendency to abbreviate company callsigns.
Maybe both pilots and controllers should have a go at getting these averages up. <img src="tongue.gif" border="0">
[ 28 December 2001: Message edited by: Goldfish Watcher ]</p>