This is one of those things where I think too much knowledge is a bad thing.
If you're a student pilot, just getting used to doing the R/T yourself, and in the back of your mind you have that nagging feeling that 100s of people are, at that very moment, listening to you via scanners and LiveATC-like websites, and possibly even recording everything, I can well imagine that that's an extra reason to be nervous. Which really doesn't help in that situation.
Same for learning to land an aircraft, when dozens of spotters are lined up next to the runway, with long-lens cameras.
Last edited by BackPacker; 7th Jun 2012 at 11:34.