You could indeed be wrong; Lossie radar use standard military phraseology and are as good as you would expect RAF controllers to be, especially considering they are handling military traffic simultaneously on UHF. My post was a slightly mischievous dig at Inverness ATC who can be somewhat long-winded at times however the impression I get is that this is what their SOPs demand rather than any need on their part to keep talking. The civil/mil interface works well given the circumstances, however once traffic is passed on to Inverness the controllers are obliged to separate traffic procedurally which can lead to holding and consequent delays. I believe another problem is that Lossie are obliged, when push comes to shove, to look after their own traffic first and any other on a capacity basis (which is as it should be). Inverness radar would remove that small uncertainty and also free up Lossie to look after their own, however I personally think there is already enough controlled airspace in Britain and wouldn't like to see any more added.