Re: Dubai Ground Freq
Puff
I'll tell you why we do it. Because it works.
From many years of listening to ground here and trying to do what you said, it is quicker to establish comms first, as the Sherif said.
Mostly if you blurt out the whole lot first the response will be, after long silence or being stepped on. "Station Calling". So you have to say it all again which actually takes up more time.
As the sherrif said. How often would you get a clearance if it just came to you out of the blue while you were sitting reading the newspaper waiting for the pax to board.
As I said, it might not be ICAO but it works here, as it does at many of our other destinations.