I pass through Gander quite frequently and as everyone else does, I collect my Oceanic clearance, sadly not by Datalink
I try and pay attention, I know the procedure on our side of the Atlantic and on the other side, yet it still amazes me to hear pilots not reading clearances back correctly time and time again.
I am trying to think I am not being a pedant here, but if the controller says - Expect Flight Level XXX, that is what should be read back, not cleared Flight Level XXX.
It frustrates me because it clogs up the channels, God knows what the clearance guys think
