FAAJAA reminded me of one of my colleagues at LATCC:
Speedbird approaching Biggin: "What's my range to touch down London?"
Lon Ctrl: "Nope, can't answer that; give me one on sport"
Speedbird: "OK, who was the Spurs goalie when they won the double..?"
Luckily my colleague knew!! Incidentally he's the same bloke who asked JCB1 to "Excavate out of FL100".
As for instructors demanding that we forego the usual courtesies - they've been doing that since Pontius was a pilot... and everybody has been ignoring them ever since.
[ 04 December 2001: Message edited by: HEATHROW DIRECTOR ]