Originally Posted by
penguin22
Get over it, smartboy. "with you" can actually serve a purpose.
It works nicely as a separater between your flight number and altitude. Sure, "flight level" will separate the flight number from the altitude,
i.e., "Abex four forty flight level three eight zero"
but "with you" is shorter, and somehow easier to get out quickly.
How about this.... "Abex four forty one seven thousand"
Was that ABX 441 at 7000? or ABX 440 at 17000?
Stick a "with you" in there and there's no confusion.
Use that in any non-english speaking country and you will create tons of confusion. "With you at 7000" can sound like "two seven thousand." Stick to the standard venacular, it was written for a reason by people that where looking at the big picture and not some small zone of acceptability.