when ATC want to:
1. read, verbatum, the Indian AIP to you ..... on the area frequency when you give your initial position report
2. has no hesitation giving multible instructions whilst you are co-ordinating their last set of instructions with Dacka - on VHF 2 - whist you are transiting the 25 NM of Dacka airspace. You realise its going to be one of those nights. Even worse; try climbing out from Dacka via Kolkata and you'll know what I mean
3. bust your b@lls for not answering their first, and only, call when you have been trying to raise them for the last 20 minutes on the only two frequencies listed, for that FIR, on the Jepp chart
4. insist on giving you their re-route, that so happens to coincide with your actual flight plan - then its given to you again through every subsequent FIR up until you past the two god damned way points they keep prattling on about.
5. ask for your aircraft registration mark, on initial contact - somehow they believe or read everything on the SITA FLT PLN strip but the rego
6. when you have to listen to a Jet Airways Captain lodge a verbal complaint, for 30 minutes, over the FIR, for being held down by 2000 feet and then being asked to reduce speed by 10 kts for seperation - now that was better than listening to Hancock's Half Hour.
7. always want to know your estimate for your exit point at your entry point (initial call).......like your transiting the whole country through at least five FIRs - guess you gotta keep an accurate record for that revenue.
8. writing your ID number and signing your name in a 2" thick leather bound ledger at the crew entry immigration desk
9. having your overflight permit number questioned
Hope this kicks it off for you fhegner
Last edited by FO Cokebottle; 10th Oct 2009 at 16:57.