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Thomas Borchert wrote:
"United Twentyonefortyone, It's actually easier to remember and takes less time to say than United two-one-for-one. Yankspeak (= US equivalent of ICAO R/T) is there because it saves time, and there's not much of it in the high density airspaces. I've listened for a while to Schiphols ATC (as far as I know the only european atc available on the web) and it's astonishing how much of their R/T is just redundant, over and over the same stuff, just tying up the airwaves. out of fourteenhundred climbing to fiftyfive." Well, that's just sloppy... ;-) That's just a minor nit, though - US radio traffic is full of non-standard stuff. I don't know exact numbers but there's a substantial percentage of US-Airline pilots, that have never flown outside US-Airspace and the only thing they know and subsequently teach to others is yankspeak. When I flew the islands, you won't believe how many US Airline Pilots weren't familiar with the term line-up and wait. ;-) But you can say one thing about Yankspeak: It's very efficient. Cheers, Jens -- I don't accept any emails right now. Usenet replys only. |
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