DXB Tower RT
I departed Dubai yesterday as usual in the middle of the night. It was pretty quiet by normal standards, but the controller on the tower frequency used the terms, "expedite", "immediate" and "late landing clearance" several times, during our relatively short time on his frequency. In fact I can't think of one transmission he made which did not contain one of these terms. The closest any aircraft was on approach was 1500' on line up (don't you love TCAS) and the latest landing clearance was given at 900'.
Is there some way we can get these terms used only when they are appropriate. You can go to pretty well any other busy (er) airport and never hear them used. It detracts from their utility to use them all the time, as pilots will think the phrases are normal and the one day you want them to do something urgently, they will be less liable to think something is REALLY urgent.
In this controllers case it made him sound self important and slightly stressed, which is never a good thing to hear in a controllers voice.
Of course not all of the controllers here do this, but it is really apparent, that it happens more than anywhere else.