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Old 27th February 2007 | 16:15
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Talkdownman
 
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From: On the wireless...
No need to apologise. And thanks for the support, Diddly/Mil.
Back to the subject. ATS staff are simple human beings, usually, and most of us prefer the KISS principle: 'Keep it simple, Stup......" (no inference, just to keep it lighthearted). Most controllers do not know or care where these private sites are accurately located, they just have to write something in the appropriate box on the form which probably isn't big enough for a long-winded place. It's usually big enough for four letters. If you know of the ICAO four-letter words for the places even better. Otherwise I'll write Scotland, or Wales, or PD 'ish' or FF 'ish' and have to rely on the tapes thereafter. All that 'Who/What/Where' stuff has worked fine for me on the wireless in flying machines since '68 (when it was CAP46.....). Well, no one has called me a tw@t yet (.....over the air-waves, anyway.....). Relax, most of us ain't gonna bite. CAP413 needs a bit of a going over, I believe some wizzo somewhere is in the middle of doing it.....
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