"THE" Callsign Spankers

[Howard Hughes]

Good point Sunfish,

We have one guy where I work affectionately known as "Mumbles".

Unfortunately, he thinks he is "Waaaaay Cool" and as yet has failed to pick up on the subtle hints!!

Cheers, HH.

[Hudson]

Been to Point Cook lately? Awful lot of instructors there who "XYZ Turns base". On base or turning base - but Turns base???

[Capt Claret]

Hudson,

Its much like,

• enters
• maintains
• backtracks
• climbs
• descends

then a whole lot of superfluous words added for good measure just to try to get all the mandated stuff out!

edit for phat phingers (maintaiins)

[18-Wheeler]

We have one guy where I work affectionately known as "Mumbles".

Unfortunately, he thinks he is "Waaaaay Cool" and as yet has failed to pick up on the subtle hints!!

Oh dear.
I know of who you speak.
Surprised Greenpeace haven't shoved him back into the water yet.

[Hugh Jarse]

Clarrie wrote:

maintaiins

That was an Ansettism of the late 90's. Very A320-ish. I thought the person responsible was speaking in the collective, ie me (PNF), him/her (PF) and the computers making the decisions (what's it doing now?) Sadly, seems to have filtered through the whole food chain

Gidday

[itchybum]

That was an Ansettism of the late 90's

Dunno abut that... it was becoming rife in GA in the early 90s. Maybe it spread like a virus.

"ABC taxiis Blah for, Blah"

"ABC departs Blah, climbs blah, estimates blah blah at blah..."

Put up your hand if you did it.

Meanwhile I recently paxed somewhere (Rat flight) and the captain who "sounded" festooned with crust began his PA with these words, and I **** you not:

"Ladies and Gentlemen, The Captain SPEAKS.........."

Is there any valid reason why these grippers always seem to work for the Rat? Is it part of the training?

[porkypilot]

good radio!!!

Try paris at night.

from our american cousins.
1. Request beacon and push.
2. Can we transition from taxiway B to D.
3. Descending 13.4 to 3

now that is spanking

[Roadrunner]

I thought the modern mic was way too sensitive to be placed so close to the lips.
The odd splutterer I see up close all have their mics too close.
Many of us here use the same headset and they work well if the mic is not too close to the lips.
Anyway, only mentioned it so as to maybe raise awareness of the issue. Listened to a fair number last night doing the same.
Mumbles wouldn'd fly for Qlink? If he comes across too cool it's not on purpose. Good lad.
Cheers.

[Howard Hughes]

Dunno abut that... it was becoming rife in GA in the early 90s. Maybe it spread like a virus.

Well they have'nt found the antidote then, cause it's still rife now!!

Best way to fix them, is beat it out of them with a big stick!! Works great on the F/O too....

Cheers, HH.



PS: Roadrunner I reckon your talking about the DC H10-13.4, I would agree that this mic is meant to be used away from the mouth. But there are as many mics as there are headsets and a lot need to be in the corner of the mouth.

[Roadrunner]

HH

We use a fancy little Sony number. If the mic is too close it splutters, if placed a little bit away or just below bottom lip the tx is perfectly clear. Pretty simple fix really.
I guess it all boils down to listening to the quality of your transmission and experimenting with the mic position, if that is in fact the cause of the splutter.
I guess if you have been used to listening to a spluttering tx for long enouigh it sounds normal.

[Howard Hughes]

RR,

I guess not everybody flies a noise with wings...

Cheers, HH.

[Last Sector Power]

You guy need to get a life, if all you have to worry about is if someones puts "The" in front of there callsign.

Aussies always have been quick to slack of others, think they need to look in the mirror (without there hand on it) some of the worst i have heard is from there!!

[Whiskey226]

Hate to complain, but...

Bless them they're keeping "recreational aviation" alive, but don't you just hate excessively "aviationised" talk when you're just trying to sort out something simple!!!

"XYZ confirm you are south of the field"

"This is XYZ, affirmative, yes, that is correct we are uhh two nautical miles south of the field, 500 feet, heading east, tracking for over water, uhh, over"

A simple yes would have sufficed....

This from a guy who elected to wait for a learjet to get on the ground after he heard his inbound call at 20 miles...


AAAARGH!!!!

[OperationsNormal]

Speaking of SPANKERS.......

Who was the Eastern spanker that was in Cooly the other day with a QANTAS hat on ?? (Big fukoff Q on the badge)

[Super Cecil]

................an IFR, RPT?

Why flight numbers these days? What happened to just giving rego's? Why do training organisations have to have company callsigns in 172's? I could understand if the callsigns were shorter but "C 17'62" takes longer than a 3 figure rego.

Why do Aircraft have to say now "Flight 20,16 an IFR, RPT Dash 8" rather than "Tango Quebec Oscar a Dash 8" are there many VFR and not RPT Dash's doing the rounds?

Why do IFR Aircraft in VFR conditions in CTAF's have to give IFR position reports to VFR Aircfraft? Why say to an inbound VFR Aircraft "All stations ........... Callsign XX is doing a sector 3 entry for a 05 NDB, DME approach not below 5,500, all stations ..........."
Why not just say "Callsign XX is over the field 5,500 tracking southwest"? is this just a training thing so the student can practice radio call's"? It only makes for more radio clutter when the other Aircraft has to ask for the positon again.