Fri Oct 13, 2017 10:51 am
#1564972
Single - Cub or SR22?
Single retractable - Europa or Piper Malibu?
Multi - Seneca?, Kingair? Beaufighter? (I wish).
Type matters greatly to performance. The fact is, about 90%* of aircraft seen day to day will be either a C1xx, PA2x, Rxx, RVx or one of the other well known types so it's just as quick as the options above.
For the remaining 10% most will still be known by ATC, if they don't know they'll ask what type that is. Much easier IMO than "light single", "confirm type?", "sorry, Cessna 172" 25 times a day.
Confirming the 10% that aren't known is much quicker than confirming the 90% which would have been.
I do accept that the standard patter is a little long winded and no, not all the information is needed all the time. But if delivered smoothly, it really doesn't take that long and saves going back to confirm things in the event they are needed later. Smooth, practiced and confident delivery is what saves the time!
*ok this is a made up figure based on my experience at a radar class D unit as a lot of the chat has been about transits. I accept Gloucester etc would be different.
Single retractable - Europa or Piper Malibu?
Multi - Seneca?, Kingair? Beaufighter? (I wish).
Type matters greatly to performance. The fact is, about 90%* of aircraft seen day to day will be either a C1xx, PA2x, Rxx, RVx or one of the other well known types so it's just as quick as the options above.
For the remaining 10% most will still be known by ATC, if they don't know they'll ask what type that is. Much easier IMO than "light single", "confirm type?", "sorry, Cessna 172" 25 times a day.
Confirming the 10% that aren't known is much quicker than confirming the 90% which would have been.
I do accept that the standard patter is a little long winded and no, not all the information is needed all the time. But if delivered smoothly, it really doesn't take that long and saves going back to confirm things in the event they are needed later. Smooth, practiced and confident delivery is what saves the time!
*ok this is a made up figure based on my experience at a radar class D unit as a lot of the chat has been about transits. I accept Gloucester etc would be different.