Re the above, I totally agree that non radio is wonderful, but I am talking about south east England! Surely the radio is a communication, not just with the ground ATSU but perhaps more importantly, to let other pilots know what's happening. I also agree that long messages are frustrating, witness Biggin on a busy day, with aircraft in transit.
The comment about the "conditional" clearence, " after the landing...,line up and wait" defeats me. Isn't it obvious that if the reply is clipped/ stepped on, the controller only has the option of a go around? This is basic stuff and a 3 week lay off shouldn't be an excuse.
I asked for comments and deliberately put on this forum, not the one above. I know that there are many PPLs who do plan and fly safely, but this seems to have flushed out some strange responses. I also note that there is a comment on the IMCR thread that using an IMCR in French airspace is no worse than breaking the speed limit on the M20!
Before I go back to digging my allotment I will leave with the following. There is always an active discussion on the merits of various GPS systems. Four fine aviators took off from a well known southern airport, grossly overloaded , straight into a CB, The aircraft, C172 had a skymap GPS and they also had each a handheld GPS. They climbed to altitude, into the CB with the stall warner going. But they flew on and it wasn't an accident. Comment afterwards, "didn't see the weather....stall warner always goes off on this aircraft"
Think on