Originally Posted by
A320 Glider
Quick one for those who look after us in the tower:
Delivery tells me to squawk 7502 in my clearance.
My transponder is set 1000.
If I start from left to right, my transponder will very shortly read 7500 (until I change the last 0 to a 2).
Does ATC see this pop up (7500) whilst I'm setting 7502?
I was told to always set the transponder from right to left.
Unless your transponder automatically does so, we were always taught to set to standby when changing codes, in order to inadvertently select one of the special use codes while changing.