I was going into Gatwick the other day and I could not for the life of me understand what the female director was trying to tell us. After the other pilot asked her twice to repeat and me once she got really irritated and vectored us for the approach. We are both pretty descent English (with a colonial twist) speakers.
It bothered me not understanding her. I think she was trying to tell us to join an arrival, but I was unsure, and I still am. (She had a sidetone in her transmissions that made her voice blend in. That is my story and I am sticking to it
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