On a similar subject, I was gobsmacked by the lack of understanding of CAP413 by a pilot visiting an international airport today. I can appreciate that some people will fly from farm strips and therefore have little experience of more complex aerodromes, but surely it can't escape you that certain items have to read back, and that you can't take off without a clearance!
A pilot with little or no experience of different operations or receiving an air traffic service is obviously forgivable, but could at least help his/herself by familiarising themselves with the AIP. This could not be said of the person who scared me today.
Cheers,
Ginger
ETA: It now appears that this was a non-english speaking pilot with a non-pilot R/T operator
. Airfield layouts pale in comparison to that nightmare.