Beginning of rant
"XXXX fully ready for take off". Now can you be half ready? And even if you can, what difference does that make?
"XXXX Request FL350 if available". Well if 350 is bloody available then the controller will be able to assign it to you.
Useless yapping more to sound ubercool than for a reason. The standards of RT work have gone to sh.its in the last 5 years. A marked difference with the surge of inexperienced pilots flooding in when the times where good.
Another thing that I get annoyed is with a FO giving a TO/Dep briefing and telling me that in case of a problem we must perform a "Re-Landing" ( What in the God's name is a Re-Landing???) urgh. Makes me squirm
End of rant
