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Old 8th December 2025 | 12:40
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jettropo
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Originally Posted by shared reality
Your location seems to be the UK. ICAO generic states to always, on initial contact with an ATC unit, state passing level+ cleared level (ATC is supposed to check your reported lvl vs their readout on their screen...)

However, if I am not mistaken, the UK has an exception to this requirement, hence your question? By the way, this is also why UK SID´s have a note stating that on initial contact with dep.ctrl to state passing altitude+ cleared altitude (again as this is normally not done in the UK).

Rgds,
That’s true. We have that exemption which is why I wanted to make sure I was doing it correctly in the US. I got told off climbing out of a US airfield on my third handover for not stating the passing level. Looks as if I should be doing it all the way up to cruising altitude in the US.

Thanks everyone for the info.
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