Originally Posted by
chopperd
I echo the comments of the other posts, I think the ATC at ABZ is really good. I have certainly seen the difference when I have been elsewhere and been treat like a fixed wing.
My slight moan is that we are usually handed over to Ground just before we touchdown. This is the one time I don't want to be looking in the cockpit to change frequency. Some of the Tower controllers wait until we have landed which is much better. It would be great if this was always the case, but I appreciate that they do have other aircraft to think about as well.
I hammer it into my trainees (not literally nowadays!) not to talk to helis until after they touchdown; telling them how busy you chaps are in this phase of flight. Unfortunately some pilots spoil it a bit by saying "do you want us to go to ground" as they come to the hover at D2!
