Cap'n AAAArrrrr
Totally agree, for quite a while up here at Gladstone we had the IFR inbounds reporting calling tracking Whisky Alpha, Whisky Bravo etc. on the Rnav App. I'm local and know these positions for the Approaches, but other Locals and Transitting Pilots don't.
I bought this Subject up on here and some positive discussion followed. Now up here regular inbounds are or seem to be singing from the one book(plagerised from Capt Wally).
Example yesterday RFDS called Inbound with position, Jab inbound due round the same time, RFDS still in cloud, conversation between RFDS and Jab.
Jab extended and Beech did straight in. No problem. Both parties happy. The Jab was not a local either. Both were clear and concise. Not hard is it ?
CW, don't know about you , but back in the dim dark ages of my Nav Training the call was the ETA not ETI. THat set the practise for me for the last 40 years
Am I really that Old, the time goes quicker each year, don't it ???
Frothy