Timzsta, exactly!
And where the hell did a freq transfer become common place to be [eg] "
check'in with ya on twenny one nine..."
ATC: BoBus 123 climb FL360 (eg, from FL340)
Pilot: Cleared to climb 360.
Well you're not going to DESCEND to it are you?
Look up the correct usage of "MAINTAINING" and "TIME" to name but two.
From a previous post when a 175 hr child tried saying that standard RT is not needed when all one really needs to do is just give get the "point" across as that is all that maters :
From ICAO
"Air Traffic Deficiencies in the Asia Pacific Region" (
http://www.icao.int/icao/en/ro/apac/..._SG16/wp37.pdf)
"2.2.2 Frequent reports are received from flights operating in Mumbai FIR of exceedingly congested and poor HF communications. This is a busy FIR with heavy traffic volumes.
Good regular air-ground communications has to be an absolute requirement for the area, if flight safety is to be maintained."
"2.3 Unintelligible communications due to poor command of English and use of non- standard R/T phraseology.
2.3.1 It is well understood that many ATS units in the region are not manned by native English speakers. Except for a few states there are few if any, native English speakers manning the HF or VHF radios in the ATS service. This does not mean that they cannot or do not speak English. However, we have to accept that there is certainly
a strong presence of local accents, both in the ATS and pilot community in this region, which can only make it harder to understand each other. Therefore there is all the more reason for standard RT phraseology to be used at all times. Both ATS and flight crew should be quickly trained and tested to ensure they meet the ICAO level 4 standard. 2.3.2
It is a basic and fundamental requirement that ATS communications are carried out using standard R/T phraseology. This seems to be a simple directive to follow, but this is violated more frequently than we can imagine. The meeting is urged to take particular note of this. We urge ATS Service Providers to carry out unsolicited surveys and checks from time to time to ensure that only standard phraseology is used. With English as a second language, it is all the more imperative that there is strict adherence to standard R/T phraseology, and that communications facilities are of the highest quality."
OK. I really need a beer!!! Let's raise the damn bar and not accept the new lows as a cheap excuse to be lazy.