From Dani
"Using voice on an amplitude-modulated radio frequency is so outdated as if we still would fly with biplanes. There is only one solution for this mess: Datalink. How many errors happen on an average flight just because of missunderstandings, communication errors and radio wave phenomen..."
I agree. ATC communication seems to be a big rigmarol for relatively simple communications (Who I am, where I am, where I am going, how high I am and what I want to do - "OK, continue"). With numerous hand-on's between controllers, is that not a big hole appearing in the cheese? The whole system needs a complete re-think from top to bottom.
Somebody once said the US system runs on obsolete computers but to change them out would be like "performing brain surgery on someone while they are driving a car" - a great analogy!