"Cleared Straight-In Runway X; Report Y Miles Final"

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
...
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
news
The purpose of quotation marks is to enclose a direct quotation. There
was
nothing in the message that indicated it was not a direct quotation or
that
the punctuation was improperly used.

So what? In what way does that guarantee an accurate quote?


Quotation marks are used to indicate a direct quote. That is their reason
for existing. Why do you assume he used them improperly? What did you
interpret as an indication of an inaccurate quote? Why do you believe the
controller said something other than what he indicated?



It's funny...given how much time you spend nitpicking what other people
say,
I find it amazing how willing you are to trust someone else implicitly
when
they quote a third party, without any sort of reference to back that quote
up.


Why must there be another reference?