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Old 11th Feb 2005, 12:15
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Quite correct, Ojuka. Rananim, you need to note that CAP413 gives standard R/T phraseology for all occasions. "Recleared" appears nowhere in it. It is unnecessary. To invent your own phraseology can confuse people and therefore lead to accidents. You just open up one hole in the Swiss Cheese.

To fail even to attempt to maintain standard phraseology is unprofessional and, ultimately dangerous. Having flown all over the world, I find that US pilots are the worst at this. It probably comes of flying most of their lives in totally English-speaking areas where the chance of being misunderstood is far less. They possibly then assume that this will be acceptable when they fly into Europe. Not so. No, I am sure there are very few accidents at O'Hare due to misunderstood R/T. So what? Irrelevant to how they speak over this side of the pond. Assuming that you can get away in one part of the world with being unprofessional and can therefore get away with it everywhere is complacent, and complacency leads to accidents.
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