sussexman
Any consultation with NATS was done at high level - none of the ATCOs in TC knew about this proposed change until it was published... I'm sure that was reflected company wide.
And then it kicked off.
I mean, the phraseology they wanted us to use was ridiculous.
Standard R/T and liason phraseology is there to be brief, concise, unambiguous and to the point. If it needs to be changed, either 'Climb now FLxxx' or even 'Climb unrestricted FLxxx' is more than sufficient. Instead we were presented with a ridiculous, long phrase to use (and it would get used a lot), on frequencies that already receive complaints from pilots because of the inability to get in!