Sat Oct 09, 2021 12:05 pm
#1875606
@Crash one
Im probably being really dense, but I still dont get why you needed to give the same response 3 times to the same question and twig what ATC wanted you to say. The controller should have responded "G-abcd QNH xxxx squawk 1234" - the QNH everyone else is on in that airspace. Why would everyone be on random different QNH settings if talking to the same guy?
I dont think I have ever had ATC talk to me without giving me the QNH for the airspace/FIS area, for eg Aquitaine Info in my local area, even if I already know it from listening out what the Aquitaine QNH is, and said it correctly to them in my call - They STILL respond with the QNH, which you then repeat back. And if ATC had said it on first contact and you didnt repeat it back, they would keep saying it until you do, saying something like "G-abcd confirm QNHxxxx".
And unlike in the test being discussed in this thread where if you dont do something correctly the examiner carries on, it should never be a guessing game in real life, and real ATC will ask you to readback something if you forget to do so for something you must readback - that has happened to me occasionally .
Regards, SD..
Im probably being really dense, but I still dont get why you needed to give the same response 3 times to the same question and twig what ATC wanted you to say. The controller should have responded "G-abcd QNH xxxx squawk 1234" - the QNH everyone else is on in that airspace. Why would everyone be on random different QNH settings if talking to the same guy?
I dont think I have ever had ATC talk to me without giving me the QNH for the airspace/FIS area, for eg Aquitaine Info in my local area, even if I already know it from listening out what the Aquitaine QNH is, and said it correctly to them in my call - They STILL respond with the QNH, which you then repeat back. And if ATC had said it on first contact and you didnt repeat it back, they would keep saying it until you do, saying something like "G-abcd confirm QNHxxxx".
And unlike in the test being discussed in this thread where if you dont do something correctly the examiner carries on, it should never be a guessing game in real life, and real ATC will ask you to readback something if you forget to do so for something you must readback - that has happened to me occasionally .
Regards, SD..
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