Diddley Dee & BEagle, thanks for you replies.
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It is high time that the RAF, the minority user of UK airspace, aligned its basic RT to that used at every other aerodrome, but with the addition of specific military terms such as 'Initial' and 'Break'. The touch-and-go/roll/overshoot/go-around nonsense has been with the RAF for far too long!
I couldn't agree more!
That'll be the Phraseology working group chaired by GD/P, the group that veto's many of the changes Mil ATC want to introduce to align with Civil ATC.
Cue change to 'line up and hold/wait'
"We don't need to be told to hold we know were not cleared for take off"
ATC retreat and mandatory report all take off without clearance....
6 months later, over 2 dozen occurrences and a rapid backtrack inbound.....probably NOT!!
Grenade!!
Fred