On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:55:02 GMT, wrote:

it is sometimes a challenge to understand what
the students in the pattern's position and intentions are.

I was just going to say that... it happens almost every time I fly in
Texas, we seem to have quite a few schools that cater to overseas students.

I've learned to treat them as NORDO because their transmissions are
virtually useless.

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Dallas