PHRASES IN COMMS Flashcards
Let me know that you have received and understood the message
Acknowledge
Yes
Affirm
Permission for proposed action granted
Approved
I hereby indicate the separation between portions of the message (to be used
where there is no clear distinction between the text and other portions of the message)
Break
I hereby indicate separation between messages transmitted to different aircraft in
a very busy environment
Break Break
Annul the previously transmitted clearance
Cancel
Examine a system or procedure (no answer is normally expected)
Check
Authorized to proceed under the conditions specified
Cleared
Have you correctly received the following…? Did you correctly receive
this message?
Confirm
Establish radio contact with…
Contact
That is correct
Correct
An error has been made in this transmission (or message indicated). The correct
version is…
Correction
Consider that transmission as not sent
Disregard
Speed up, do it faster
Expedite
Keep in place, stay there/Keep at a distance
Hold/Hold Short
What is the readability of my transmission?
How do you read?
State the readability scale
1- Unreadable
2- Readable now and then
3- Readable but with difficulty
4- Readable
5- Perfectly Readable
View over, survey, inspect
Look Out
Continue in accordance with the condition(s) specified, or in its literal sense, for example:
‘Maintain VFR’.
Maintain
My aircraft and its occupants are threatened by grave and imminent danger and/or I require immediate
assistance
Mayday
Listen out on (frequency)
Monitor
No/Permission is not granted/That is not correct
Negative
I have an urgent message to transmit concerning the safety of my aircraft, or other vehicle or of some
person on board, or within sight, but I do not require immediate assistance
Pan Pan
Repeat all, or the specified part, of this message back to me exactly as received
Readback
