04 General RT Phraseology Flashcards
Altitude?
Altitude is the vertical distance of the aircraft from sea level, expressed in feet.
Flight Level?
The vertical distance of the aircraft above the standard pressure setting (SPS) datum of 1013.2 hPa
Height?
Height is the vertical distance of the aircraft above a fixed point, expressed in feet
Q-codes?
Q-codes relating to vertical distance:
* QNH: Vertical distance referenced as an altitude.
* QFE: Vertical distance referenced as a height above an airfield
Emergency SSR codes?
7700: Emergency.
7600: Radio Failure.
7500: Unlawful interference.
When is readback manditory?
- ATC route clearances.
- Anything to do with a runway, including clearances and conditional clearances (e.g., instructions to enter, land on, take off from, hold short of, cross, taxi, and backtrack on any runway).
- Altimeter settings such as QNH, QFE, or a change to the standard pressure setting.
- Runway in use.
- Level instructions, including altitudes and heights.
- Transponder SSR codes and modes.
- Speed instructions.
- Heading instructions.
- Frequency changes.
- VHF direction finding information.
- Type of air traffic service being provided (e.g., radar control).
What happens if you are told to change to a new frequency and standby?
You don’t need to contact the new frequency, you just need to monitor the new frequency.
RVSM?
Reduced vertical seperation minima.
RAIM?
Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring.
Use of unable?
Can be used to specifiy that you are unable to RVSM due to turbulence.
important when using ‘to’?
to has to be used before FL or altitude.
important when climbing and descending?
Report leaving, and then arriving at new flight level.
Mode-C?
Displays pressure altitude
Mode-S
Also transmits AC identification infomation
Other infomation about the AC flight path.
STBY?
Stops responding.
IDENT?
Symbol on the screen is highlighted?
Transponder failure?
On the ground - ATC must be informed. New route may be needed.
Transponder squark codes?
7700 - Distress - Mayday
7700 - Urgency - Pan Pan
7600 - Lost Comms
7500 - Unlawful interference
International VHF emergency frequency?
121.5kHz
Mandatory readbacks?
Route Clearances:
* Taxi, Take Off, Landing, Departure, En-route, Approach. All navigation information.
Any Runway related clearences:
* Clearences to enter
* Cross, Land Take-off
* Backtrack
What doesn’t need to be read back?
Wind, runway state, traffic confliction
When reading back frequency?
Just need to read frequency.
How should numbers be transmitted?
(a) Transmission of numbers
(1) All numbers used in the transmission of aircraft call sign, headings, runway, wind direction and speed shall be transmitted by pronouncing each digit separately.
(i) Flight levels shall be transmitted by pronouncing each digit separately, except for the case of flight levels in whole hundreds.
Phrase used to speak slower?
Speak slower
