Has anyone who's flown in the States experienced the ATC's difficulty in understanding the difference between two and three? I ask because on more occasions I can remember the controller always thought I said three when I was saying two and vice versa. Really got on my tits after a while.
Another difference I spotted straight off over there is the use of the radio for idle, non flight related chit-chat. I thought at the time that this must seriously wind up hardened British flyers and controllers alike to hear pilots asking for footie results over the radio!
On one particular occasion I was engaged in a conversation with the MLB International tower about where I was planning to go for a drink that night to celebrate the end of my training! He even started asking other aircraft in the airspace for their opinion on the best watering hole for a Wednesday night! I must point out that all this was instigated by him and not me!
Other occasions I heard pilots asking pilots of other aircraft if there were jobs going in that airline (had to chuckle) and wolf whistling of female flyers voices!
Good conversation pieces for me on this BB but was it altogether safe?
VFE.