Originally Posted by
ATC Watcher
Not quite, after the Flying tigers 747 accident in KL in 1989, ICAO recalled that you must always use the words " altitude" or " FL" before enunciating numbers
it is not climb to " it is "climb to FL ( or altitude) xxx
Sorry,
ATC Watcher, but
Arch Stanton is right. According to 12.3.1.1 and 12.3.1.2 of PANS-ATM, the correct ICAO-phraseology would indeed be 'CLIMB TO FLIGHT LEVEL (number)' or 'CLIMB TO (number) FEET'.
Last edited by hvogt; 2nd Sep 2013 at 21:44.