Standard of R/T in Europe
Why is it that there is a total lack of courtesy and etiquette in European airspace?
I have been irritated by this for some time, but after seeing my fellow Europeans gang up on US R/T standards I think it is time to take a hard look at ourselves.
Why is it that no one can listen for a second before transmitting? There is no reason to cut others off mid sentence, nor is there justification for jumping into a conversation mid-stream.
While we may use standard phraseology, it is a much less effective way to communicate than what the Yanks use. I think that if everyone was at least a Level 4 ICAO English speaker the European system would work better.
As Europeans we think we are better than Americans, but it might be time to see that things are occasionally done better over there.
Just for the record English is my third language. A lot of time and effort was expended to learn it properly since it is the language of my profession.