But it's always nice to hear when a pilot or a controller speaks in languages... For a Finnish pilot it's always great to hear when some controller tries to say: "Terve", "Moi" or sth like that in our language, that's why I try to say the greetings to controller in his/her language - if I remember the right way to do it :)

Seommoro... :E

What is a f**k knuckle anyway?

I've searched several adult websites and found no mention of one.
Is it some sort of top secret weapon military pilots use on each other in the shower?

Hi gentlemen,

It would appear that I owe you all an apology! Having checked my postings on this forum, there are at least two which I haven't posted myself.

I think that some wag has been at my computer while I was at the tea bar. That'll teach me to leave my profile open eh?

Apologies if my absent mindedness, and someone elses "sense of humour" has caused any genuine offence.

(And for the record, I'm not entirely sure what a f*ck knuckle is, aside from being a matey term for a person who is not well loved).
It does have a ring to it though!

Regards.
QFIhawkman. (The **** knuckle).

I always say G'day at the last transmission. No I'm not from Oz. Sue me. It just makes the world a nicer place and its only one word.

I'll go with Heathrow Director on this one (not so much the chugalug though!) It was then, is now and always shall be, "g'day", s'far as I'm concerned.

Having said that, it's all wrong anyhow, 'cos there aint nowhere I ever saw nor know of now where it's standard R/T, so EVERYONE can knock it off! :=

There's another thread alive about excessive R/T loading (vis-a-vis reading back six digits for frequencies etc). Aren't we all missing the point here?

Apols RNGrommits... didn't mean to miss you from the "g'day" scenario - we were clearly doing a parallel posting!

No-worries. If you were talking face to face you would always be polite, No reason not to be on the RT. Similarly, if you were listening to a frequency and the controller sounded like they were working there arse off, short & sweet as a pilot works just as well. If a pilot is a baby pilot (GAT obviously, cabair, 1st navex etc) and the needs a bit more help, we will always give that bit more consideration too. Standard RT works, but there is always a bit of flex. If the controller is too hung up on standard RT then they are going to have a high BP and an early cardiac. Disrection, and your professionalism as an ATCO sorts the boys from the men(no gender discrimination meant) and is something that a seasoned controller should pride himself on.
Not meaning to teach you to suck eggs.

Gee I thought that it was bu bye that we were saying from the old Saturday Night Live TV show... The skit from TBA and the flight attendent <G>...

regards

Scott

Mostly I say 'bu-bye' and sometimes 'good luck'. But if it unsettles the English, I think I'll say 'good luck' just that little bit more often....:}
'Tara f**knuckle', mmm what an interesting addition to section E that'd be!

RMGrommits-"If a controller is too hung up on standard RT then they are going to have high BP and an early cardiac." Phew, that's me saved from the scrapper then.

I never call a pilot Sir and never carry on with the bye-bye/g'day rubbish.:D :ok:

Aah, the George Michael approach!

Up here at the Ice Station we get the Norwegian pilots (and some locals) who say "So long".

This gets shortened to "S'long" which then, inevitably, gets shortened even further to "Slong"!!

The one time I said "bye" instead of "bye-bye", I was giving a frequency change and the pilot took it as being 5, (i.e 118.75 instead of 118.7), which is why I think most controllers say "bye-bye".
But I guess now with this 6 digit stuff it would be 118.750 so should I revert to a single bye? Or do I really care?