fishbangwollop
"Scottish Information GABCD".......is OK by me....I may be busy on a land line or talking to another sector...but when ready I will respond "GABCD Scottish Information pass your message".......then and only then you can give me your request and life story!!........If your initial call includes Callsign ,type, position, from, to, present level, service required, your mothers name and name of Bank manager my respone may be GABCD say again!!! Therefore dont waste valuable RT time and please only give your callsign on initial contact
Request and life story....
Surely if people use a common standard rather than attempting to second guess the preferences of individual ATC units there will be a reduction in "life story" R/T with an attendant reduction in the possibility of misunderstandings.
It takes a less than a second for the added request... so time isn`t an issue surely.
The response to "pass your message" by a trained pilot only takes seconds if they have learned the rhythm...
Whilst it may be argued by some that the CAP413 response is too long/short/ etc it should be encouraged. A widely used standard is most likely to lead to it's adoption by all but the most reluctant.
Look through back issues of the CAP 413 and you'll see this response has evolved over time, but Instructors have to teach according to a published brief otherwise we get life stories as people struggle to conform to the preferences of whoever they flew with last time.
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