Tue May 10, 2022 8:47 pm
#1910947
One was facing Wadswick, the other facing away I presume
Moderator: AndyR
PeteSpencer wrote:
Instruction 1 " Squawk 3456" (+ possibly ''mode charlie'')
Instruction 2 " and standby"
Responses are commonly carried out in order of issue of instruction: 1 then 2.
Response to Instruction 1 : " squawk 3456" ( + "mode charlie")..........action : 3456 entered into transponder ( + 'alt' if requested).
Response to instruction 2: -none- ...........action: silence and wait for further comms.
Now seriously chaps. where's the confusion?
FlyingBoot wrote:
Well, just had an RT lesson and the scenario came up. Correct action is just enter the squawk into the transponder and say nothing. ATC (or whover you are talking to) will ask you to repeat the squawk and pass message when they have cleared the more important stuff and are ready for you. Key is the "shut-up until I tell you to speak" of the "and standby"
rikur_ wrote:I think that's just one particular trainer's opinion - I don't think there is an absolute right or wrong, but personally I always confirm the squawk, and no one has complained. Read back of squawks is mandatory to confirm you heard it correctly. The key thing is just confirm the squawk and shut-up, don't proceed to give life story. Strictly speaking the 'and standby' shouldn't be needed, but so many pilots proceed to block the frequency with their life story without be asked for it, that it's become necessary, particularly if the ATCO is doing something else like vectoring that requires timely instructions.
FlyingBoot wrote:But if you read back the squawk it is still possible to then set the transponder incorrectly. Plus if you readback an incorrect squawk you will probably not get an instant correction from the ATCO because they are busy with other more important traffic, which is why they asked you to standby. Plus if they really wanted you to readback and you didn't, they would repeat the instruction or request a readback.
Hopefully you pop up on the radar screen with the correct squawk in the position they expect you to be so the instruction has been recieved and acted on correctly. If not, you are still less important than the A319 careering into that puppy farm so will just have to wait.
A response from an ATCO would be great