CoffinCorner
Why do we need to read back SQ ident? Surely you can see it on your radar screens? You have our callsign, a/c type and sq code displaying, along with a flash when we ident, you know where we're coming from, and where we're going.
From CAP493
Pilots/drivers are required to read-back in full messages containing any of the following items:
*SSR Operating instructions
Controllers are to prompt a pilot if a read-back is not immediately forthcoming.