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Old 15th Jun 2017, 20:35
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OhNoCB - the thread is about the use of "on transition" and my "when able" isn't official phraseology so technically shouldn't be used. I find it the most effective to get what I need but as I said above, it still can be misinterpreted or abused. I opened my post with slightly bad English as my issue isn't the use of "when able" or "on transition" as it alludes to, speed control is used so much more these days but the accompanying phraseology is still that of old which is my issue, it can be openly interpreted and things get a little tighter than we'd like. How about "convert to indicated speed intercepting 250kts, if able", would that be understood internationally? With the bigger jets going quicker than 250kts in the cruise I normally say "when able slow speed 250kts" but it is still surprising when each of them actually do it!
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