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Old 25th Sep 2005, 22:00
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DeBurcs
 
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Another case of Qantas knows best obviously... Like the landing lights thing.

While we're at it, why the variation between ATCers on

"Descend 5000"
"Descend 5000 feet"
"Descend and maintain 5000"
"Descend to 5000" (descend 2 5 thousand)

The last one's a classic. I thought it went out after the Tiger tried to descend "to 5 zero zero feet" and hit a hill...???

A bit like "reduce speed 2 2 5 0 kts"

And as an aside, what about "over the top" calls.
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