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Old 13th Sep 2013, 22:49
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Tchocky
 
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We don't give headings other than 0 or 5 because it's less difficult to have a misunderstanding with only two possibilities.

At my centre we see the downlinked Mode S heading so we know what it should be after an instruction to turn 10 degrees.

This also means that anyone rounding up or down gets "caught". Rounding bugs me. If I wanted the aircraft on a particular heading I would have said. If I want the aircraft to turn 5 degrees left then I want it 5 degrees left.
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