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Old 6th Feb 2015, 01:45
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RENURPP
 
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As for "caution wake turbulence" I think its been pretty much agreed that on the very rare occasion it may be sensible.
Re: Flight levels:

Funny thing is, it's pretty common to hear Centre advising other IFR traffic about a Qlink Dash-8 "climbing to Flight levels". Interesting, as Centre will know what FL the Dash is going to request (if they haven't already).

Does this mean that the centre controller is vicariously trying to be
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some cool sounding wally with fantastic airmanship.
or otherwise trying to bignote him/herself?

DIVOSH!
Big difference.
The ATC'er knows relevant IFR traffic and their level. the Dash 8 pilot doesn't necessarily on CTAF. If he is passed a Dash 8 onto me prior to my descent and said "climbing to flight levels" it would be completely inappropriate and require more discussion.
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