Extra read back !
The only thing that I find irritating is the double conformation of some things that military ATC require .........
As I change from ground to tower having already been told to hold shout of the runway. I check in with tower saying "xxxx taxing to hold short of runway xx".
This is to immediately assure the tower controler and the guy who is half mile final that I am not intending to enter the runway. However the tower now instruct me "xxxx hold at xx hold" and expect a read back.
I think the level of required read backs is a bit high but this reflects the low traffic workload, I would suggest an hour or so sitting in the tower at Gatwick should be part of RAF ATCO training, it would show how much can be achieved safely with the minimum of radio traffic.
Last edited by A and C; 9th Feb 2013 at 07:05.
Reason: That effin predictive text