P L E A S E PLEASE please
wait until we've got it on the ground and can talk to you before going ahead...having been a controller in a former life, it's like someone asking if you want tea just as you're using the "surface wind is XXX at XX knots, runway XX you're cleared to land" ploy to stretch a small gap into a larger one...Thank you muchly
OK, try this fairly common scenario...
"XXX, continue approach, 1 to depart. After landing vacate at the end, your stand occupied".
"YYY cleared for takeoff"
"XXX cleared to land, wind blah"
A/c now at around 1/2 mile, stand screen flashes into life with a new stand, or GMC start the one on your stand.
"XXX no need to acknowledge, you may vacate at C1, stand changed"
To a pilot, is that useful, or not? Bear in mind, I've not had anyone ignore it and roll to the end anyway
