Wingo
Of course it isn't a stress, the title of this thread is a giveaway - Annoying RT, this is why I brought it up, I most certainly don't lose sleep over it. But when it's busy and you can't get a word in then what's the point?
Gonzo
1. So how would we have been able to reach an en-route controller with the wrong squawk in the first place? Surely this is picked up by the tower/approach controller?
2. Are you saying if we have the wrong squawk set then it automatically displays an arbitrary callsign?
3. How many a/c is an en-route (area) controller allowed to control at any one time? And what is the norm on a typical day? Anywhere near this limit?
4. If the answer to the question above is something like 13 or 14 then when you ask someone to SQ-I how many others are likely to SQ-I at the same time, in the same place to cause you confusion?
I just don't see why you have to read it back still, if we have checked in, you know our callsign already, we've told you where we are going, and what level we are, you surely have ATC handovers, from one sector to another, and flightstrips, so you know who we are,, if you've asked us to SQ-I and you then see the ident on your screen, so why do we need to read it back? I am still not getting the importance of it.
CC
Last edited by Coffin Corner; 14th August 2010 at 23:18.