CAP 413 Radiotelephony Manual
Chapter 2 Page 4
1.4 Transmission of Numbers
1.4.2
b) All numbers used in the transmission of altitude, height, cloud height, visibility and runway visual range information which contain whole hundreds and whole thousands shall be transmitted by pronouncing each digit in the number of hundreds or thousands followed by the word HUNDRED or TOUSAND as appropriate. Combinations of thousands and whole hundreds shall be transmitted by pronouncing each digit in the number of thousands followed by the word THOUSAND and the number of hundreds followed by the word HUNDRED;
So my take on QNH 1000mb would be to say 1 (one) 000 (thousand) millibars,
Worrying that SRG get it wrong unless Jon5 has misquoted (and i doubt Jon5 has).
Further to this from the current edition of the UK MATS pt1
Appendix E:
3.4.3 All numbers used in the transmission of altitude, height, cloud height, visibility and runway visual range (RVR) information, which contain whole hundreds and whole thousands, shall be transmitted by pronouncing each digit in the number of hundreds or thousands followed by the word 'Hundred' or 'Tousand' as appropriate.
Combinations of thousands and whole hundreds shall be transmitted by pronouncing each digit in the number of thousands followed by the word 'Tousand' followed by the number of hundreds followed by the word 'Hundred';
so again the same way....maybe the college instructors should have a rethink of the RTF of this.
