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Old 5th Apr 2015, 22:04
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Big Pistons Forever
 
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IMO Europeans, especially the Brits place an outsized importance on saying exactly the right thing on the radio...except nobody can agree on what is exactly right, which leads to long pointless and extremely arguments.

I subscribe to the UK flying magaizine "Pilot". It has a section where recent accidents are reported. I don't ever recall any accident where somebody crashed because they said "final" instead of "finals", but it seems every month somebody manages to bust the nose wheel off on a "landing" attempt

These kinds of accidents represent a profound failure to be able to demonstrate fundamental flying skills. . Mastering those skills should always take precedence over sweating the perfect RT.

So if you are a student pilot don't drop the airplane to fly the mike. If you can't remember the exact right thing to say you can't go very wrong by following the 4 W's in plane english

Who: you are calling
Who: you are
Where: you are
What: you want, or what you are going to do.
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