Oh and ATC could you please remind us 30sec after we've been cleared to 7000 to "maintain 7000" and also after we've been cleared to 9000 I'd like to hear it again, actually could you do it all the way to the FIR it's really helpful.
Can't blame them, so many morons here capture their assigned level while still climbing at 3000+ FPM. How about you reduce your rate to below 1500FPM, as you are required to do, which assures the controller that you are indeed levelling off.
Okay, how about first, you stop telling ATC "Approaching 7,000" and check your TCAS.
Could not agree more. If I had a dime for every time I fly with a Chuck Yeager asking me to tell ATC that we want higher or lower, with TCAS traffic obviously in the way of our request.
Unfortunately, we have a lot of pilots at Cathay that lack common sense.
