What is more irritating as a controller? Poll

ATC
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  • Asking for “insert callsign ready for takeoff remaining in the pattern” then proceding to climb, ask for departure to the north and then for asking for a frequency change.
  • Asking for frequency change at the hold short line.

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Ugh. Why can’t I vote for both? Both of these are terrible!

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I think what was more annoying was saw this like a minutes ago. I was doing ATC at NZAA, someone rounded the corner, lined up at the runway, took off, and then requested takeoff.

4

That’s just somone who is learning. I’ve seen a good number of people on expert make these two mistakes.

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He was grade 3, and I’ve known him being a really good pilot. he was probably playing a game but stiill

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both are equally terrible, I’d ghosted everyone for this

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7

Just reading the poll makes me irritated.

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8

When people request frequency change the second their tires get airborne from the runway… and then don’t actually change frequency

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9

I’ve been so frustrated with both situations. Whenever someone asks for frequency change at the hold short line I often use the “You have already been instructed to change frequency” command. Never seems to work unfortunately!

10

Sometimes I think they simply just forget to tune out of the frequency.

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11

Where is that command. Miscellaneous, I assume.

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Absolutely, all those fantastic commands are hidden away in Miscellaneous ;)

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13

The worst is when they are taxiing at a busy airport, and they request a change to Tower…

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Do they request you! You’re lucky, sir. Sometimes I’ve seen people tune themselves to Tower as soon as they are cleared for pushback and told to expect a runway. They just go. Crossing runways as they wish. Or taxi through each taxi lane of the airport just to go to a runway threshold behind their tails. Nothing can stop them.

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One thing can stop them @angrybird; a ghost on the Expert server.

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16

Oh man… both of those are quite annoying…

I’ll have to go with the first one.

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17

Neither of these are ghostable offenses…

18

Both are annoying. I would say “remaining in the pattern” and then just taking off is worse…

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Sometimes it’s not necessarily pilots but when TS1 ATC decides to spam roger 20 times or to broadcast Airport is busy messages while there is no other aircraft

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Both.
The most for me is when the airport is busy as heck and someone starts doing patternwork eventhough you have clearly said NO PATTERNWORK AT THIS MOMENT.