Re: Reading "Approved" back
Bookworm - you are right "Entering the control zone" implies that I am entering right now, the correct phrase should be "ENTER control zone".
However:
The ATCO's instruction "Enter Control Zone" is an instruction containing a clearance to enter the CTR.
According to our (danish) regulations (BL7-14), the word "CLEARED" may only be used for:
- landing and take off clearances
- approach clearances (ie. "Cleared RWY 27 ILS approach)
- Routing clearances ("Cleared to [destination] via ...")
I will have a look in my ICAO-docs to see if this is ICAO, or just a national rule.
Finally - our rules state that all instructions should be read back or acknowledged in a way that clearly indicates, that the instruction(s) are understood. Reporting instructions are not extempted.
Again I need to dive in to my ICAO-docs to see if this is national rule.
- edit: PANS-ATM 4.5.7.5.1.1 states the same.
Last edited by JEP; 3rd Jan 2006 at 17:18.