Very dissapointed...
"As for the callsign issue..... you must be an aussie controller to insist that pilots actually follow standard phraseology so religiously. Apparently only the aussies are so anal as to so outrageously expect the proper use of callsigns....."
I stupidly assumed all this time you may have been a professional.
Next time I have a QTR899 and a QTR889 an 7 other Qatari's on frequency when assigning descent I will follow your fantastic philosophy, not be so anal and let anybody who is thinking about descent help themselves, great stuff I always said that you can learn something new in this job everday.