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Old 2nd Apr 2010, 14:35
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NephewBob
 
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.......Confirm?

It is rather sloppy.

Many Controllers outside of India (Gulf etc) interpret the readback ending with "confirm?", that the pilot forgot how to say "say again" or didn't fully understand. Accordingly they (rightly) state the whole clearance over again.

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