Ok...here's my grump. At the particular airfield(shall remain nameless!) I fly from we have one particular controller who preceeds every opening reply with "readibilty 5"(or whatever scale it may be). When departing,having told him i've got information(insert letter) he then replies to the effect that im correct and then proceeds to tell me the whole ATIS again! Having then got my IFR clearance and having told him im ready for departure, im then told to line up on the runway and wait. I then get literally told the whole of ATIS information for a 3rd time, followed by any local procedures/info(already included in the ATIS!!). I then get a great long winded message about the type of service i will receive. Having sat for goodness knows how long on the runway, i finally get clearance to take off. Included in the message "cleared take off" I then get literally everything again for a 4th time! Is this over control or someone who just likes the sound of their own voice?? I may be simpleton Pilot but I dont need to be told the same information 4 times in the space of 10 minutes!
Oh and another airfield I fly from we have an ineresting "leave the apronwith the marshallers instructions" reply to requests for taxi. If I dont reply with the taxi......"with the marshallers instructions" bit then ATC wont accept my reply. I have to repeat the instruction until I include the relevant marshallers bit. Is this normal procedure elsewhere?? Is this proper RT??
Last edited by MIKECR; 14th August 2010 at 19:46.