Radio Technique

[A Squared]

I will read back with an "on the meter" just to give that little piece of info something a little different than a blob of numbers ......

So if you're saying on the meter for your own personal clarification, what would be wrong with saying "altimeter xx.xx" instead of "xx.xx on the meter" It is unarguabley clearer (clarity was your justification, right?), shorter and doesn't make you sound like you're trying to be cool.

 

[dhc8fo]

So if you're saying on the meter for your own personal clarification, what would be wrong with saying "altimeter xx.xx" instead of "xx.xx on the meter" It is unarguabley clearer (clarity was your justification, right?), shorter and doesn't make you sound like you're trying to be cool.

I think it has something to do with my literature background and iambic pentameter .... did I say that?

i find it easier to say "four zero on the meter" than "altimeter four zero."

 

[minitour]

just to give that little piece of info something a little different than a blob of numbers

Funny...I've gotten to the point where I love to just give back the numbers.

Sometimes I think controllers may get mixed up when I toss back a "3 8 in 10 23.25 6552 18L"...but not a problem yet.

And yes...callsign and altitude (and ATIS if it's an approach handoff) when handed off...no "checkin in wit'cha" necessary "Approach, Cessna 1238X 8,000 Bravo" is plenty

-mini

 

[A Squared]

I think it has something to do with my literature background and iambic pentameter .... did I say that?

i find it easier to say "four zero on the meter" than "altimeter four zero."

yes, but "in the meter" is two feet, not five, and meter is not an iamb.

I probably shouldn't admit to knowing that on an aviation board.

 

[Big Duke Six]

What I'd like to know is why, if controllers are so irate about unnecessary radio chatter, do some controllers/facilities just expect you'll switch over to Tower freq at some point on the taxi out (smart) while others (DEN ground, for example) spend probably 1/3 of their time telling airplanes to switch over to the Tower (not smart). Some days you can't get a word in edgewise while holding on the ramp, trying to contact Ground for taxi clearance (along with 12 other guys stepping on each other, not even counting the INBOUND airplanes) because the Ground freq is tied up with the Ground Controller himself going right down the line of aircraft already taxiing outbound:

"Frontier 859 monitor Tower 133.3"
"133.3, Frontier 859"
"United 567, monitor Tower 133.3"
"Roger, 133.3, United's 567"
"Champion 2962, monitor Tower now 133.3"
"Turty Tree and a Turd, Champion 2962"
Sound of loud screeching tones as four airplanes call simultaneously.
"Everybody just stand by, I'll call you when I get to you!!"
"Frontier 405, Frontier 405, are you still with me?
"Affirmative, 405"
"Frontier 405, monitor tower now on 133.3"
"Triple three's, Frontier 405, G'Day!"
"Good Day. Who's number 3 at 4E?" (since there are now 5 airplanes stacked up at 4E, unable to communicate)
"Skywest 456 is number 3 at 4E with October"
"Skywest 456, taxi via Lima to Echo Delta, then right on Echo Delta to Mike, Left on Mike to Runway 8"
"Roger, 8 via Lima, Echo Delta and then Mike, Skywest 456"
"And Skywest 456, monitor Tower on 133.3"

AAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHHHH! Put up a freakin' sign or something, like SFO or LAX.

 

[SeaLord]

Personally, I like to be phraseologically correct and attempt to sound professional, yet, as I tire it becomes a chore. There is a time and a place for slang and such, and it can be pretty amusing. I will say this: when I hear some dipshit 'corporate' guy using 'Sugar' instead of 'Sierra' and saying the letters normally instead of phonetically, I just want to shoot those numbnuts.


I do know a guy whose been known to check in with information 'Llama' though, and it just cracks me up!!!!!!:laugh:

 

[Wankel7]

OMG, if I hear , "Here we go" when they tell you to start down...I am gonna....well...there isn't anything I can do...but you sound stupid when you say that.

And the...."Guinness 455 is taking runway 14...." Where are you taking the runway Guinness? We might need it later

 

[DrewBlows]

OMG, if I hear , "Here we go" when they tell you to start down...I am gonna....well...there isn't anything I can do...but you sound stupid when you say that.

I laugh every time I hear that. It's always said like they are about to go into a burning building to save a baby. Come on buddy, you just dialed in a new altitude and hit a button (heck, most of you boeing drivers don't even have to pull the power back). I'm going to start handing out medals to these guys.

 

[LAXSaabdude]

I do know a guy whose been known to check in with information 'Llama' though, and it just cracks me up!!!!!!:laugh:

I've sometimes been guilty of reading back the mechanized pronunciations when giving the ATIS code.... Information Faxtrrrot, Information Wikki...

LAXSaabdude.

 

[Wankel7]

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