The only possible confusion arrises from the fact that controllers issue headings without giving the reason and thus the pilot is not aware if the heading is to avoid traffic, take a short-cut, position towards the final approach or whatever.
Regards,
DFC
I understand what you are saying here DFC-pilots like to have as much situational awareness as they can.But I rarely explain why I'm putting traffic on a heading,because there just isn't enough time on the r/t to do so. If it's an unusual heading like a 90 degree turn off route due to emergency descent traffic above,then I'll explain-because the pilot needs to know.
"Radar heading" is in my part 2 and Data Dad has quoted it from the part1!
If it is indeed non-standard then I wonder how it has found it's way into the air traffic bibles?
Unless my LCE tells me that I'm wrong then I shall continue to instruct aircraft to "fly heading" without using the pointless and superfluous word "radar".