Hmmm...I have a number of mates who are C&Ting at various airlines in Oz and out.
ONE of their bigger whinges is "Gen Y cant be ar$ed getting the radio calls right - and it carries over into most of their flying"
I hear from one of them that
VB had a 50% failure rate on a recent command course - not because they couldn't physically fly but because they couldn't be ar$ed making an effort to get in the books and display a high standard in the nitty gritty detail....like correct radio phraseology as just ONE example.
I see a fair bit of "so who cares? Near enough is good enough"on this thread - well if you want to spend your careers in the RHS you can bet the company won't care.
They will simply promote people who DO care.
My personal bug bear is read backs;
"XYZ call departures now"
"Call departures now XYZ"
