Are pilots required to stick to standard R/T?
 

Somebody asked me this question. For sure, professionalism dictates that standard R/T is used, but is there anything preventing the casual weekend pilot from making up his own R/T as he goes along? I've been looking through the documents and can't find where it says pilots must use standard phraseology. ATCO's need to follow the rules:

Use the words or phrases in broadcast, radiotelephone, and interphone communications as contained in the Pilot/Controller Glossary.


Any such thing for pilots?

"but is there anything preventing the casual weekend pilot from making up his own R/T as he goes along?"

Not really. We have your occasional illustrious APC users who admit to intentionally blocking ATC freqs for their own personal enjoyment/entertainment. If the FCC doesn't go after that, I'd say your occasional straying from the "standard R/T" protocal would hardly be noticed....

You mean like this?....:D


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