Re: Why is RT in ME so bad
As a pilot here, I would have to say that our RT is at times annnoying and also inefficient to say the least.
I have found ATC in the ME to be fine in general wrt to RT, especially considering that in some cases english is not the first language of some controllers.
Here are a few of my favourite pet peeves,
''emirates 101, checking in with you, maintaining 24 OH'', should be ''UAE, emirates 101, FL240''
the missed address to the agency, the checking in and the maintaining part as well as the 24 OH is all nonsense. The maintaining part is understood as otherwise if already in a descent or climb its a different call.
giving the wrong passing altitude when switched to a new freq, it is a requirement to give it to within 100' as this allows ATC to properly verify our altitude readout.
starting each RT with, ''Roger''
''roger that, understand cleared.....'' typical of some NA, or ex airforce pilots. No kidding pal, glad you understand something, lol.
''And'' at the start of each RT
''okay, cleared'' at the start of each RT
giving a readback in various formats, for example, ''emirates 101 down to FL240'' its '' descend FL240, emirates 101'' this one gets even more confusing when multiple clearances are given together.
""ITS THE emirates 101'', why do we persist in inserting words in RT when totally unnecessary?
''charlie charlie''
''5566 coming down'', how about ''squak 5566'' as it is supposed to be
not listening out for a couple of seconds upon freq change, just to make sure we don't step on other RT
''120.7, bye'' how is ATC supposed to know who has replied to this freq change?
I realize this is somewhat pendantic but from my observations, these errors frequently cause congested frequencies and at times miscommunications. Either some pilots are too lazy to apply correct RT or simply don't know it. As an example, listen to the EK cargo guys make RT and you will quickly realize how things get distorted, protracted and confused due to lousy RT.
Yes i will reiterate that some may feel this is all minor stuff, but then answer me this, why not simply make the proper RT in the first place? It quite often makes the difference between smooth air traffic control and jumbled, confusing and often times repeated readbacks. Just my POV.