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Old 5th Jan 2008, 07:40
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Interesting comments.. but ATC here would appreciate the second transmission much more than the first!

An ex-colleague of mine went on an official liaison visit to a very big US airfield some years ago; the people there were anxious to swap ideas on ground control. My colleague's report suggested that the US ATC would handle ground control much better if they stuck to standard phraseology rather than garnishing transmissions with irrelevant comment. Maybe things have changed?? (This is in no way intended as disrespectful to US controllers for whom I have high regard).
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