Originally Posted by
Jan Olieslagers
How's about "I'm in control" vs. "you are in control" ? My instructors always applied these phrases, expecting me to confirm with the reverse. And only the one confirmed by both to be "in control" would touch any control. Simple, effective.
But, as hinted before for the topic starter, I may have been lucky with the instructors I happened to fall in with. The more I think about it, the more likely it seems. They both deserve big kudos from me! (@Martin & @Roger)
Yep! I thought that was standard too!
My instructors also were very professional about repeating callouts eg before turning onto the active, I was encouraged to get into the habit of saying 'approach looks clear' and they would all reply with 'checked'. And calls like
airspeed alive,
prop clear similarly got a nice positive confirmation from my instructors.
I now know that is not a universal standard!