No offense, but I have no beef with this if, like almost anything else
in flying, it is done with common sense. I think most pilots have
enough of this (increasingly rare) commodity to know that they
probably shouldn't do this on the approach frequency into DFW, but on
123.00 at some rarely-used airport where there is no frequencey
congestion, it really isn't a problem.

I fail to see how 'Hey Joe, have a good day' is any more wasted
'bandwidth' or 'time' than the center controller telling me to have a
good day when he switches me over to approach. It's no biggie, and
certainly nothing to get one's panties all in a bunch over. Same with
the use of 'non-standard' replies like 'no joy'. The point of all
communication is to *communicate*. If you understand what I meant by
my specific communication, then it was successful. Every
pilot/controller understands what 'no joy' means. I won't teach it to
my students, but they will eventually pick it up, if they fly
enough...most pilots I know do eventually.

Either way, it's certainly not worth worrying about.

Cheers,

Cap


Thomas Borchert wrote in message ...
Xyzzy,

It's a good way to end those conversations with reasonable brevity and
politeness


Jeeze, don't you see how this is the ultimate irony? You waste precious
time on the frequency with that kind of senseless blathering, and then
care about ending it with brevity? shaking head in bewilderment