One problem i have seen with the new farnbourgh LARS is they give you the QNH and squark in the same transmission
That is a quote from another website and this is my response:
Why is that a problem? Shawbury usually give "G-****, squawk 02**, XXXX feet, QFE abcd (sometimes "not above XXXX feet ....") They don't gabble or speak with a pronounced regional accent or dialect, so are quite easy to understand. It helps reduce the number of calls necessary. Can you imagine the number of calls there could be if each item was transmitted singly and each required a readback, especially in an area like Shawbury's where they are dealing with civilian traffic, their own helicopter trainees and fast and slow Mil traffic? Not to mention the fact that they are the training school for Mil ATCOs. You would have great difficulty getting a word in edgewise.
What I am interested to know is how many items for readback people have been taught to cope with, or cope with on a regular basis. I have absolutely no problem with Shawbury, but is that because I was taught well and flew through the area quite frequently during my training? Shawbury is an excellent place for getting used to multiple items for readback as they are unfailingly helpful and polite, in fact the only time I heard one ATCO putting her foot down firmly was when an aircraft on a heading towards me from one side spotted me and made its presence known to ATC and was given a route around me. The aircraft wanted to know why he couldn't go where he wanted, ie straight ahead, and why couldn't I be told to move. I had been talking to Shawbury for quite some time before this person appeared. The ATCO's response made me smile, "THAT aircraft is under MY control." As a student it made me smile to think that a stroppy bod was having to give way to a mere student and also made me feel I was being really well looked after. The Shawbury ATCO was unaware that I was a student as I hadn't mentioned it although he or she may have been familiar with me as I was the only person learning in that aircraft at the time.