I understand your concern. <Please use your CRM to ensure that you are in contact with ATC at ALL times.>>
We try, and sometimes we fail. However sometimes we fail because there is constant yacking on the frequency, and usually it is in 'FRENCH'.
There are times when I cannot get a word in for ages. I have no idea when to make my call as I don't know who has last spoken to who.
So when it comes to 'CRM', perhaps French ATC have something to learn.
ENGLISH IS THE LANGUAGE. A n F/O died at CDG partly at least because ATC were talking in FRENCH!!
When will you folk start to realise that there is CRM in our flight decks and that there should be a CRM attitude within ATC.
I apolgise if I seem a little harse, but I feel it needs to be said.
Best wishes to all of you in ATC who have looked after me for 'donkeys years'.