Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Confusion; Distraction
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Procedure
The correction that was just posted about the climb via phraseology was the last straw. Maybe I'm just not that smart; but this is the opinion of one 43 year; 29;000 hour Pilot. The repeated instructions on the climb verbiage should be a hint to the FAA that the Human Factors on this process seriously flawed. The many similar variations are distracting during the phase of flight where we are climbing; accelerating; cleaning up; navigating and changing frequencies. Having to stop the mental process to try to understand the instructions at this critical phase is an unnecessarily threat.
Air Carrier pilot reported that the 'climb via' verbiage used for climbing instructions is flawed.