Yeah, the list is great when you're working with other people that have also learned the list. We use it in emergency communications and it's definitely way les

Yeah, the list is great when you're working with other people that have also learned the list. We use it in emergency communications and it's definitely way less mentally taxing and less confusing all using the same alphabet. I'd say at least half the time when I use it talking to some call centre employee I lose them about two letters in to whatever I'm trying to spell. That said, if there was a great replacement that would probably be in use instead. It's not just a list of words that happen to start with those letters, it's a list of words that do not sound similar to each other, are unambiguous as to what letter they represent, and maintain those qualities in a wide variety of accents and dialects.