Originally Posted by Boof
In the UK etc when a clearance is read back the controller is obliged to listen and report to the pilot that the clearance readback is correct.
That is not the case in Oz. The controllers do not acknowledge a correct readback.
Originally Posted by Boof
I am particularly interested in clearances received in flight, such as altitude assignments. For example if a pilot mis-hears an assignment to climb to FL 310, reads back FL330, and the controller does not reply. Nor does the controller say "clearance readback correct". The pilot then climbs to 330 and is busted.
The controller would be required to challenge the incorrect readback, would he not? If he did not, then the crew can hardly be busted, in fact I'd say "drop on your head, play the tape, I read back FL310 and you should have corrected it". That's what a closed-loop communication procedure is all about.