Originally Posted by
jamesgrainge
Sorry to be pedantic. But isn't "take off at your discretion" an instruction and should be read back?
Drift...
as above, no.
what I find really odd is when you are told you can take off at your discretion whilst taxying to the numbers, the frequency then gets busy and you can depart with no further RT. You don’t even have to say “departing”.
I usually try and say “departing” or “rolling” (which is not correct RT, but seems to be used), if I don’t get a chance, then I’ll make sure I give a position, height and which direction I’m off to as soon as I can once I’ve levelled off and am leaving the circuit. Just trying to help others with situational awareness, many times I’ve said to a passenger, “don’t worry, he’s gone East” or some such, if we are joining from the West and I’ve heard someone else say where they are heading off to. Passengers are rubbish at 3D pictures aren’t they? (I used to be for a long time too!)