Originally Posted by
Arm out the window
Fully agree with the importance of 'niner'.
Been hearing a few excessive readbacks lately (p'raps known to get a bit verbose myself, though I try not to) - the 'line up behind' one gets them.
I know ATC are supposed to say the word 'behind' twice, but there's a bit of readback creep sometimes and it gets read back twice as well.
I'd go back to saying the callsign first any day, not necessary to change it, I thought, and it just feels unnatural (shows I'm getting older I s'pose).
through my training my instructors always told me for the line up behind calls to read that back in full, but now should i only read the 'behind' part once? i know it sounds stupid to say it twice, but is it a procedure thats meant to happen or have i just been told to say this to avoid confusion?