tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post111116666645075527..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: Pilots are RudeAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-20196250898162120932007-12-24T15:18:00.000+00:002007-12-24T15:18:00.000+00:00Ack, g'day.Ack, g'day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1111189739293809062005-03-18T23:48:00.000+00:002005-03-18T23:48:00.000+00:00I think it's possible to be concise and polite at ...I think it's possible to be concise and polite at once. I think it's even possible to observe sterile cockpit rules and be polite. Polite doesn't have to mean verbose.<BR/><BR/>That snappy "Good day" or "so long" at the end of a controller's handoff doesn't take long to say, but I miss it when I don't hear it.<BR/><BR/>I remember watching the movie, "Pushing Tin", and noticing how unrealistic the ATC communications were. Those guys WERE rude, and they talked slowly to boot!<BR/><BR/> ScottJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1111180507248609742005-03-18T21:15:00.000+00:002005-03-18T21:15:00.000+00:00That's a problem with language all over. We all kn...That's a problem with language all over. We all know people who use 10 words when one would do. Presumably in ATC, direct language, briefly, is of the utmost importanceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1111170890469302282005-03-18T18:34:00.000+00:002005-03-18T18:34:00.000+00:00I think you misread my post. "I think that typical...I think you misread my post. "<EM>I think that typically ATC is far more patient than should be needed</EM>." I agree that pilots are rude far too often. Perhaps I should have mentioned that during the entire time I was in YXD's space, I was the only aircraft on the radio. Or perhaps I should have qualified my statement further and said "general aviation" pilots. I dunno.<BR/><BR/>But as a former tank commander in the CF, I'm well aware of the need to get your message across as fast and within as few words as possible. And I'm aware of SOPs; flight decks are just like tank turrets. You have drills to "ensure an automatic reaction to a familiar order under stress". And ya, my short verbage sometimes carries over into my non-Army life.<BR/><BR/>But I don't mean rude as in "unable". I mean rude as in "Golf-Delta-Delta, next time you want something different blah blah blah" in a condescending, lecturing tone.<BR/><BR/>Long story short; I get it. I was just making an observation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com