Originally Posted by robin
... it would be nice if a few ATCOs could come up with us from time to time and see what we are going through when they give instructions
Sometimes the radio is not of the clearest, or we have our hands full and want to keep things simple. After all, we, in SEPs and single crew, are taught to 'avoid, navigate then communicate'
Please don't just tell us to get a better handle on cockpit workload management - there are times when I can't do the simplest of calculations, and dealing with an over-precise read-back would just overload my poor brain.
I'm afraid imprecise read-backs lead to incidents. Missing out the most important part of a clearance when reading back is a no no.