Originally Posted by one25six
Climb to three thousand, would be climb Flight level to three zero anyway wouldn't it? (Especially where there is a low transition like UK)
Originally Posted by heathrowinnit
I think it's a UK thing for ATC to say descend/climb altitude ****feet. The word "to" doesn't appear immediately before any numbers, if at all.
I always understood it to be "descend
TO altitude ****ft" and "descend Flight Level ***" the latter not having any TO in it. So many people miss out the words Altitude and Flight Level.
Found the MATS Part 1 bit on it but it won't let me copy and paste, but its Appendix E page 9, paragraph 4.8 and says what I've written above.