Ready for base / ready for the turn
Seems to get more popular by the day. A good swift "Roger" (over the RT of course
) tends to do the trick, unfortunately not always.
I don't know where pilots get this myth that controllers really want to spoil their day and eek out their time on frequency for as long as we can. Whilst inkeeping with providing the best service etc, I want to get rid of you as soon as I can, so 99% of the time i'm not keeping you on downwind for my own pleasure, it's due to reasons that you won't necessarily be able to see on your sacred TCAS.
Unless of course some totty has appeared in Radar and concentration on radar becomes momentarily diverted
Unfortunately not at my unit...