Fair points JEP.
Originally Posted by JEP
The read back
"Fastair 345 wilco"
looks incorrect to be, as is should be
"Wilco, Fastair 345"
Doc 9432 is from 1990 and a I think a lot has changed since then.
That's true. The convention (which I think is adopted in the UK's CAP413 RT manual now) of where to put the callsign is relatively recent, not very uniformly adopted, and in some cases a bit arbitrary. Despite the idea that a strict adherence to the convention might address the issue I raise, I still think that on balance it is better to avoid readback of reporting instructions.
Originally Posted by JEP
When a distress situation is over i.e. you engine has resumed running, do you use:
"Cancel Mayday" or "Cancel Distress". ??
We are told that "Cancel Mayday" is a big NO NO.
I've never actually had to cancel one, so I can't remember, but I think the point is a good one (in the same way that "departure" is used for "take-off" to avoid any ambiguity).