Agreed, a lot of 'willie waving'. Anal Australian ATC has a firm grasp of the non-essentials, sometimes cringeworthy when I operate into Australian airspace with foreign guys and gals in the cockpit.
Aussie ATC is a standing joke in my airline.
I do sympathise with the individual ATCO's, who have to toe the party line.
Last edited by Captain Dart; 9th Jan 2012 at 00:53.