Ready to be
fully shot down here
Having flown in US the last year and a half it amazes me how poor the standard R/T is. Most time spent in SoCal area and yes... they push a lot of tin and they can be really efficient, but mostly at the expense of ambiguous clearances and a lot of bashing for not doing what ATC wanted!!
Other examples, starred by pilots
"OK....errr...Roger, we'll go down to 3 and join the LOC, thank you sir" = WTF???
"Ready for
take-off" = Heard by anyone from tyro pilot to flight instructors and professional pilots
"Here we go/We're on the roll" = And other standard take-off clearances
"Tally Ho/No joy" = took me about 6 months to figure out what it meant
"Roger when it should be Wilco, Yes that's right sir when it should be Affirm" etc.
"Turn left on A, proceed straight ahead and make it second right onto D, then follow the taxiway to the end" = When simply "taxi A, D" would do it..... a lot less confusing, too.
If some kind of standard phraseology could be worked out maybe they could cut all the useless information on the ATIS as well like "read back all hold short instructions" DOH!!!
Rant over