What a sad state of affairs that we cannot get pilots to use the RT correctly! Bit of a reflection on the "system" I say. What with CAP 413 as amended from time to time, RT training and the RT test, one hours "instruction" required to maintain a PPL (unless you renew by test) - surely the standards should be better than they were? Doesnt say much for the CAA system either!
Perhaps we should have RT "police". This system was used in the military for a while (maybe still is) at flying training airfields. One (lucky!) instructor would have the job of sitting in the tower for the day monitoring all RT calls. If anything was non-standard he would contact said pilot after landing to discuss same in a "friendly" manner. Very often the pilot was quite unaware of what he had actually said. After this system was introduced RT standards rapidly rose to a high standard.