Gary Baker
Well Known Member
Does a Controller Have to Listen to a Readback...
for confirmation from the pilot on an IFR flight plan? I fly professionally and so am coming from a slightly different direction. I seem to remember a memo that came out in the aviation news some years ago that stated a controller is not responsible for listening to the readback of a clearance, thereby does not have confirm that the readback was correct. It seems that I hear a few incorrect readbacks and have had a few myself that are not corrected by the controller. The result of this is that, if the pilot misses a clearance, the controller is absolved, even though the pilot responded to his version of the clearance.
Thanks for taking your time to answer all of these questions, Tony!
for confirmation from the pilot on an IFR flight plan? I fly professionally and so am coming from a slightly different direction. I seem to remember a memo that came out in the aviation news some years ago that stated a controller is not responsible for listening to the readback of a clearance, thereby does not have confirm that the readback was correct. It seems that I hear a few incorrect readbacks and have had a few myself that are not corrected by the controller. The result of this is that, if the pilot misses a clearance, the controller is absolved, even though the pilot responded to his version of the clearance.
Thanks for taking your time to answer all of these questions, Tony!