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As for this "degrees" nonsense, it surely isnt used in the US, which by the way has the overwhelming majority of ALL aviation traffic. What pilot doesnt understand that "turn right heading 270" means turn right heading 270. Am i missing something here, is there another unit besides degrees that is used in aviation? Im sure if the Brits had it their way they would say "change your magnetic degree heading from your current, to new magnetic heading on your compass of 270 degrees magnetic heading". Ridiculous.
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Uhm, there are many units besides degrees used in aviation. Feet, metres, knots, gallons, litres, lb-ft, kilos, pax, tonnes, etc. Granted, not all used in ATC-cockpit R/T, but feet (flight levels) and degrees could be mixed up quite easily...