It never ceases to amaze me the number of so called "professional" pilots (I'm talking professional in their behavior not necessarilly occupation) who find it so difficult to carry out basic operational duties.
The constant bleating that appears on pprune about an inability to plot LJRs, get NOTAM, follow read back requirements etc is astounding.
For those who don't see anything wrong with varying phraseology standards to suit their own inabitlities I am just wondering then, how do you determine a standard? Adding a word, a phrase, a sentence or two? How much is too much?
The reason standards are set is to minimise the subjective self assessment of what is good enough.
Many here seem to subscribe to the lowest common denominator theory that lowers the standard of all to that of the aeronautically challenged. Speaking of NAS.......