Fellow aviators...
I came, I read and I am amazed!
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Agree on the "Pending Clearance" - they made that up and its BS. Let's just agree.
but it is contagious.
"Ref the NDB/GPS"...ditto
Agree on alt pre-select FL180. Standard stuff
Guy who got told off by ATC at 8,500.....more power to you brother, dont let em get you down. Very generous in your assessment.
Guy who mentioned the US - to you I suggest go and fly there if you want to see and enjoy an ATC system at its very best, in spite of traffic density, ice, blizzards, hurricanes, workload and poor working conditions. A pleasure at all times. Nothing's too hard and what we do not have here - a system where all are equal regardless of aircraft type. Many of the Tracans (terminal radar centers) still have big green screens, not the "most advanced air traffic system in the world" (TAATS) so called.
It's not the technology that makes a difference.