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Old 30th Aug 2014, 18:45
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"Take off at your discretion" is the most useless piece of non-information that contributes nothing to safety or situational awareness (IMHO). I mean what is it actually telling the pilot? Even an A/G controller will tell you if there is "No reported traffic".

Here is a very interesting link to a document by EGAST on RT phraseology. Look on Page 21 - the suggested FISO phraseology here is far more useful:

Pilot: D-CD, ready for departure


FISO: D-CD, no reported traffic, runway 06 right hand circuit free for
departure, wind 090 degrees 8 knots, report airborne


Pilot: Runway 06 right hand circuit free for departure, wilco, D-CD
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