SP is right on the money. Well argued and reasoned.
Di Vosh, I dont think this is quite correct:
Group one (Bloggs, S_P, Hold Short, et al) who consider that 100% AIP compliance 100% of the time is the only acceptable outcome when on the radio
No one as far as I can tell, has said 100% compliance 100% of the time, what they are arguing is an attempt to get it right, and that a professional attempts to be PROFESSIONAL IN ALL ASPECTS of their chosen field.
Those that don't at least, occasionally, read AIP (and seem to wear it as a badge of honour) are not professional, but think that they are some how 'above all that trainee stuff - I'm a REAL pilot'.
R/T is an INTEGRAL part of our job, and deserves as much consideration as every other component of our job.
I am not getting personal, but I do find it strange that a person who purports to have an extensive background in training, can SEEM to be so blasé about about aspects of their chosen PROFESSION.