This one guy said landing gear but I would have sworn he said banding smear and I was like whaaaaat, totally in the red for the next 20 minutes. I was going to pull myself from the flight and call pro standards but I just sent a note to chief instead, figure that guy gets paid to deal with that kind of thing. All of that was a lie I didn't actually.

I do personally like a courtesy call from PF when they shift their aimpoint short to a visual-only reference that deviates from whatever glideslope guidance we've been using up to that point. Shared mental model and all that, plus I've been there when a guy caught the top wire of a perimeter fence and dragged close to 200 ft of wire cable around the airport and over to the ramp. To me as PM that means early notification I should direct my attention to us not whacking something on a potentially drug-in final instead of monitoring the previously used glideslope we were referencing. I've been there when it happened more than once, thankfully I wasn't the one actually in the plane that caught the fence or pole or powerline or whatever. And all of that means I actually do appreciate the informal notification that not only are visual references being used, they're intentionally deviating from the glidepath reference we've been using. Because I don't want to be the next guy dragging the fencing over to parking.

I don't care what words someone uses when changing from one glidepath reference to another, since we don't have a standard for it. Heck, just make a BRRRRRTTTTT sound if you're a hog driver and want to relive the past when you dip the nose towards brick one, I don't care. Saves me from burning one of my few remaining brain cells wondering if it's intentional or you're having a heart attack or avoiding a flock of birds or whatever.