On 2007-06-29 08:58:49 -0700, Thomas Borchert
said:

Shirl,

How much more standard can it get than, "Were you cleared to the ramp?"


It's an easy sentence, agreed. However, it is NOT a sentence in the AIM
nor the Pilot/Controller Glossary or the ICAO standard phraseology. It is
also not the proper way to phrase a question in standard phraseology. It
is plain English, but that doesn't help a foreigner trained to expect
standard aviation phraseology. And THAT is exactly what standard
phraseology is for.

So, to sum up: It's a non-standard phrase and a non-standard way to ask
something. How much LESS standard can it get?

So what would have been the standard way to ask if he had been cleared
to the ramp?
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