Echo Romeo wrote:
My pet hate is continuous use by ATCOs of the word, Hectopascal. It is unnecessary and ridiculous. I refuse to say it, Niner Niner six is all anyone will get from me.
Back in 1976 I was at RAF Honington and was surprised, one dark, wet night, by the noise of a low-flying KC-135 on its way into Mildenhall.
It turned out he'd been passed 'niner eight seven' as the QNH, which he took to mean 29.87 inHg, the US standard. In fact the QNH was 987 mb, so he was about 700 ft lower than he thought he was......
Simple, concise RT is fine. But 'wannabe DJs' are not. "Yo bud, I'm at five point five and inbound ya field...". Is that 5500 ft or 5.5 DME?