Agreed !
Every single passenger in VIP missions ask to go a bit faster (breaking procedures, then ?) because they have “something important” to do, and request the pilot to keep the phone network on, something on which we have 0 control (thankfully !) and 0 interest. Then the dispatcher informs you that the guy did not pay for his ticket, it has been bought by some other client (who cares ?). Then he/she insists that service should be specially top-level this time (what a surprise !).
After dozens of missions this is just felt as unskippable delay. I can understand the idea for the very first time these missions are played, or randomly from time to time. But in this systematic state it does not bring more immersion, rather it highlights how scripted these missions are.
Ah, so that’s what it is. I noticed that the phrasing was off, but never really caught on that it was pausing on the decimal as if it was a period at the end of a sentence. You’re exactly right, that’s what it’s doing.
Another weird thing I’ve noticed is that “Authentic ATC Language” changes accent of the pilot instead of the ATC. That sounds completely stupid when I fly in India and ATC speaks in pure English while my character tries to speak with Indian accent
And also, pilot accent will change during flight between different countries with different languages.
In career missions, when communicating at non-towered fields, the pilot pronounces the “ft” in the altitude call as “fort”:
“XYZ Traffic, Cessna 12345 is three miles south, three thousand fort, inbound…”
This is part of the same issue but more minor.
The AI pronounces Pilatus as “Pill-ATE-us” instead of “Pill-AH-tus”.
Sources:
Pilatus official YT announcing PC-24, name of company stated around 2:50
A pilot reviewing the PC-24 says the name often:
NEW PILATUS PC-24 BLEW ME AWAY (Full Debrief)
Big Metal Birds YT review of the PC-6:
Pilatus PC-6 – Best Utility Plane Ever! History, Review and Specs!
Me - I’ve been to the Pilatus business office in Broomfield, CO and all of the employees there pronounced the name as I illustrated.