Muttley Crew
Take it easy.... I challenge you to find a runway in the US with 01 painted on it! The difference between the Yanks and the Ozzies is that the Yanks dont get all hung up when some sap thinks he can see 01 painted on the runway.... they dont care... they understood what was meant (yes they too would like to correct everyone who gets it wrong but they dont. They let such trivia go) Australians need to learn to do the same!
Australians on the other hand have a knack of portraying this holier than thou attitude just like you and mesnaboy are doing on this thread.
And mesaboy
Oh yes, and when checking in, it is not required to state 'maintaining FL 220'
Over the last year in Australia, all I hear is '...mel center, xyz maintains FL220'. What really gets me is when an Australian controller says 'contact me on 124.1' the pilots will repeat the instrction then call the same guy on a different frequency with ' xyz maintains FL220' . At least the Yanks simply switch over freq instead of tieing up the airwaves and reports with something like 'xyz made the switch 124.1.
I hear regularly, both in SE Asia and previously in the middle east,Ozzie pilots using the phrase 'maintains FL....' when checking onto a frequency. So please stop the Yank bashing youre giving us all bad name.
Australian system of aviation is very professional, they do love re-inventing the wheel, creating lots of rules and regulations and basically making things difficult
Alphaprot, Could not agree more!