The canonical counter-example against voice/audio:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NDqZy4deDI

JFK controller tries to communicate with Air China 981

One of the YouTube commenters contributed some much-needed nuance. JFK Ground added to the confusion by repeatedly refusing to use standard phraseology, and failed to maintain professionalism, getting audibly angry and impatient. Both sides of the radio conversation had problems.

	▲	lysace a day ago \| parent [-]
		Exactly, voice comms has a large number of disadvantages. Thanks for expanding on the point I was making.

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tekla a day ago | parent | prev [-]

You mean a situation where a pilot who is supposed to know English in the parlance of global aviation lingo seems to be playing dumb?

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lysace a day ago | parent [-]

That is a unique thought.

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tekla a day ago | parent [-]

I'm assuming you don't listen to ATC traffic much, and have general HN assumption you just know better than everyone else.

	▲	lysace a day ago \| parent [-]
		Maybe assume less.