PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Rounding up and down heading readings
View Single Post
Old 2nd Oct 2013, 07:55
  #11 (permalink)  
10W

PPRuNe Bashaholic
Moderator
 
Join Date: Jun 1997
Location: The Peoples Alcoholic Republic of Jockistan
Posts: 1,442
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
If a pilot is asked for a heading, giving it exactly or to the nearest five degrees will make little difference.

Personally, with Mode S available, I normally never ask for it. I can either just ask you to turn a number of degrees (and won't ask you to report new heading as I can see what it is if I need to), or I can do the maths and turn you on to a specific heading. Cuts down RT and superfluous info.

If you don't have Mode S or are out of cover of a Mode S radar, I would ask you to report your existing or new heading but only if I need to know it.
10W is offline