Radio Communications

[SuperFLUF]

With all of the airport congestion and runway incursions taking place these days, how is the extra 1 second spent repeating the runway number going to hurt anything?

Not only does it help to verify YOU are on the correct runway but more importantly it helps the situational awareness of EVERYONE on frequency. Especially during paralell and intersecting runway ops.

So if you're not repeating the runway number in the readback you're not just hurting yourself, but also jepordizing others.

It's quite similar to those lazy bastages that don't take the time to move thier little pinkie and use their turn signal.

Tell your boss to worry less about what the "cool" professionals do and just do what is right.

 

[Traumahawk]

Just a thought......
I don't say "ready for takeoff"...I either say departure or ready to go. In several instances someone in position on another runway or an intersection hears the word 'takeoff' and pulls out and goes. Not a huge deal, but some controllers cringe at their pet peeve of someone other than them initially saying"takeoff"

--- T-Hawk

 

[DTWFO]

it just so happens that the guy sitting next to you is the boss.

I do not agree with the above statement. Nowadays the FAA could care less who the PIC was after a pilot deviation. They will go after the SIC just like they were the PIC for not telling the Captain how to say it. I don't agree with it, but that is how the FAA looks at it.

Reading back the runway is part of good radio phraseology and can stop a life ending accident from occuring, so why people say it's a waste of time and not professional is beyond me. If there is too much radio congestion then the FAA should fix it....it's not our responsibility to cut our transmissions short because the FAA doesn't want to pay for more frequencies or an ATC system that can actually handle the number of aircraft using it.

 

[stingray]

How many airports have 3 even 4 parallel runways 33L 33 33R 34. Or various Runways that start pretty close to each other such as MDW or ORD, BOS, there are many others which I'm
its very easy to get it mixed up. I'm sure a few of us have been given a clearance to taxi to takeoff from or even land on the oppossing runway 09 versus 27, and this initial call was the controllers mistake, We all have seen someone accidetally stop short at the wrong runway. you our cleared for taxi 13 and someone is not paying attention and they taxi 31, crossing variours areas u should not be, or come close to it.
Using the runway #'s in your radio call is simply smart and is a safe practice. it will prevent confusion, which works both ways it protects pilots and controllers. and safes your ASS or Tickect
XXX is cleared to taxi to runway X
" for take off runway X
" for x approach runway X
" for landing runway X
The Captain U are flying with "in this paticular case is wrong"