heading-degrees
I was working in a very busy sector in the airspace of Seville this morning, and i would like to share something with you. I know it is recommended by icao but i have to admit that i donīt find useful the use of the word "degrees" after the heading. I use "turn left XX degrees" or "turn left heading XXX". Well, this morning four or five EZY and MON started saying at the same time degrees after the heading, i know it is absolutely correct, but it was very confusing. I said "turn left heading 010", and the readback was "left heading 010 degrees" which is very similar to "turn left 10 degrees". There were three of four "confirm?" and "affirm", not very helpful in a busy environment. What do you think about this phraseology? Do you normally use it?
Last edited by belk78; 6th Aug 2008 at 18:26.