Position reporting (light a/c) to London Info
Hi,
I was wondering what sort of positon data is really useful to you guys/ gals. The other day I was enroute to Caernafon and reported my position to London Info as 2 miles east of Llyn Berrig (pronouncing the LL correctly as 'Ch'). London Info asked me to repeat my position - which I did. I received an 'understood' and all was well.
But then I thought - how can I expect London Info to know where the heck that lake was ? Ok - the Welsh name would have given them a clue, as would my route. But would I not have been better off saying 20 miles WSW of Hawarden ? e..g using a more readily understood local identifier ?
Would you ATC'ers prefer position reports based on aerodromes / cities etc or is it fair to assume that, if marked on the half-mil map - it's valid for position reporting ?
cheers
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