Verbal response to squawk code issuance?
"Songbird 123 climb FL 120"
"Climb FL 120 Songbird 123"
"Songbird 123 report passing FL 90"
"Wilco Songbird 123"
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CAP413 is inconsistent on this issue. There is no explicit procedure mentioned, only the following examples:
Ch 3 1.2.3.1
ATC: G-CD report passing FL 80
Aircraft: Report passing FL 80 G-CD
Aircraft: G-CD passing FL 80
Ch 6 1.1.3
ATC: Fastair 345 report passing FL 70
<note no acknowledgement, only the report>
Aircraft: Fastair 345 passing FL 70 routeing direct Wicken
Ch 7 1.2
ATC: Fastair 345 report passing radial 270 Kennington VOR
Aircraft: Wilco Fastair 345
Ch 10 1.3.4
Aircraft: Borton Approach G-ABCD airborne runway 14 turning left heading 330 degrees climbing to altitude 2500 feet QNH 990 millibars, en-route Walden
ATC: G-CD Roger. Report reaching 2500 feet
Aircraft: Wilco G-CD
I agree with NIMFLT. The chance of "<bzzt> passing FL 80 G-CD" being mistaken for "Passing FL 80 G-CD" is high enough that the procedure should be not to read back reporting instructions, even when they involve levels. To do otherwise courts disaster.
Ch 3 1.2.3.1
ATC: G-CD report passing FL 80
Aircraft: Report passing FL 80 G-CD
Aircraft: G-CD passing FL 80
Ch 6 1.1.3
ATC: Fastair 345 report passing FL 70
<note no acknowledgement, only the report>
Aircraft: Fastair 345 passing FL 70 routeing direct Wicken
Ch 7 1.2
ATC: Fastair 345 report passing radial 270 Kennington VOR
Aircraft: Wilco Fastair 345
Ch 10 1.3.4
Aircraft: Borton Approach G-ABCD airborne runway 14 turning left heading 330 degrees climbing to altitude 2500 feet QNH 990 millibars, en-route Walden
ATC: G-CD Roger. Report reaching 2500 feet
Aircraft: Wilco G-CD
I agree with NIMFLT. The chance of "<bzzt> passing FL 80 G-CD" being mistaken for "Passing FL 80 G-CD" is high enough that the procedure should be not to read back reporting instructions, even when they involve levels. To do otherwise courts disaster.
