I think general slackness on the R/T. Inability to readback, especially in the correct order:
ATC: "Speedbird 123 after the landing company 777 cross 27L"
Often gets read back as "Speedbird 123 cross 27L after the landing company 777"
This causes a slight stop in heartbeats as the company 777 is no doubt on a short final and the whole crux of a conditional clearance is condition followed by clearance, thus reading back the condition then the clearance gives us the idea that it has been fully understood then will be correctly followed.
Also the sniping on the R/T is getting a lot of ATCOs backs up. "Can't we go first" "How long do we have to wait" "Wouldn't it be better if...." I fully understand that there are a LOT of commercial pressures on Pilots today, however we are simply doing our best on the first come first served principle - with some adaptions to give an expeditios service. At the college we had it drummed into us that we are to provide Safe, Orderly & Expedtious handling of traffic. On the whole we do but the "help" some crews try to give is often offputting and sometimes are real annoyance.
Out of interest what do we do that gets your backs up?
Cheers
ps. Fam Flights should be open to all!