Ashling
As a PPL I agree with your sentiment.
It seems to me that the situation is thus...
1) The UK works differently to other states
2) The UK system is filed with ICAO
3) We all (I hope) agree that a discrete frequency would be good
4) Sadly that appears unlikely to happen
5) We all have to live with each other in the airspace
6) We need to make the best of the current situation
7) As a PPL, that means I should accept inadvertent transmissions on .5 as part of the game, since CAT pilots are not perfect and given the frequency of flights, there are bound to be some mistakes
8) On a reciprocal basis CAT pilots need to accept PPs and TFs, because the D&D cell encourage those for all the reasons stated in the thread
9) None of us should use the frequency for chat or other non appropriate purposes
10) No pilot, regardless of his/her licence privileges, should abuse anyone on any frequency
I realise that some foreign pilots don't particularly like this PP and TF practice and I can understand why , but it is the way things are done in the UK.
Some people don't like the Brit cuisine either, but is comes with being here too
Safe flying everyone.