Unfortunately many local students who get taught the correct calls then start a GA journey that exposes them to dribble from other pilots.
And that's the point of the thread. Almost all of our calls are p1ss-easy. The problem is the slackers can't be bothered doing the right thing, combined with a little bit of confusion caused by the rushed intro of ICAO R/T by the fundamentalists like Leedsleead. QNH. What dumbo
wouldn't check the ATC-given QNH with the ATIS QNH?
Everyone is just too obsessed with procedures and getting it right by the book when really it is all about communicating in a professional manner.
Triadic, most of your stuff is pretty good but ...what did you mean by that?? How do you communicate in a professional manner if you don't get it right by the book? Or are you suggesting that we be professional by doing our own thing? Maybe professional means using a deep voice? How about we 1/comply with the rules and then, if we don't like them, 2/Change them?