"standing by XXXX"
MAN - DLM - MAN the other day - my Skipper and I were discussing this thread, and so were listening avidly. On 6 occasions when asked to stand-by, the pilots reported standing by!
I don't want to turn this into a nationality thing, but all of them seemed to be Middle Eastern / Asian or Mediterranean. Perhaps it's harder when English isn't your first language?
DW.