the same applies pretty much everywhere. The thing is, when you just jump on the frequency with all your details...we may well be co-ordinating something with one of the various other sectors...we miss your goodies and have to ask you to repeat yourself
I understand the notion of "establishing comms" but this is not Mogadishu or Mumbai we are talking about!!
Fair enough with regards to us reading the paper and unexpected calls but in the case of clearance delivery, the ATCO is expecting to hear from all these flight-planned flights, is he not? I don't see the problem.
I don't understand why all the details would be missed anyway, since we have flight-planned them. Bay number could be unknown but aircraft type, level and destination should be a no-brainer, shouldn't they?
I see how it can be a mess at some third world airports where who knows what's happening behind the scenes but the guys at Dubai always come across as very competent and able to handle the mission.
At Australian airports you just call up and state the details and request the clearance and the guy replies within a few seconds with the reply. You read them back - THREE calls only.
I'm not having a shot at ATC here, I genuinely believe things could and should be made much more efficient.
As for fairness..... what happened to home team advantage???
We hear about this at places like Bangkok or in India... are we better than that in Dubai, is that it???