Irritable ATC
Now before i start, I must stress that this is only based on my limited experiance from ATC, and at Liverpool John Lenon, so naturally dont assume that everywhere is the same.
After flying for over a year, and just being on the verge of completing my PPL, I have finally got the hang of RT communications (VHF radio), and implementing this with flying and navigation. So here is my nag....WHY oh WHY do pilots feel the need to greet the controllers and sign off on the same note. Let me give you a scenario:
Im sent off on my first general handling flight in the local area, just to the South west of EGGP control zone (sunday afternoon sometime in August)
Pilot 1:" Liverpool App Gooooood afternoon, this is Golf Lima mike sierra charlie , currently 15Nm to the South of Tarvin for a Non...........etc"
Mean while i'm patiently waiting for a gap to pass my details across, but whilst Pilot one is just ending his 1st transmission..
Pilot 2: "Liverpool App hello and a good afternoon........
Some 5 minutes have passed before i can even get chance to get a simple message across to recieve clearence to re join the zone.
Has anyone else experiance flappy pilots like this? I know im only a newbie to aviation, correct me if im wrong, but aviation is suppose to be professional, why say more than is necessary!
Antony Bradford