Say again, please : guide to radio communications

Copyright
Contents
About the Author
Introduction
	Conventions
	Editor’s Note
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: The ABCs of Communicating
	The Pilot-Controller Partnership For Safety
	Doing Things by the Book
	Can’t We All Just Get Along?
	Mike Fright
	Technobabble Not Spoken Here
	Licensing
	Hello, Operator?
Chapter 2: Understanding Your Equipment
	Look At All Those Knobs and Buttons!
	Transceivers
	GPS/Communication Devices
	Squelch
	Mikes
	Speakers
	Headphones
	Boom Microphones
	Intercoms
	Audio Panels
	Transponders
	Handhelds
Chapter 3: A Matter of Procedure
	Phraseology
	Why You Have Two Ears and One Mouth
	What’s In A Name?
	NOVEMBER
	First or Last?
	Say It All in One Breath
	“Roger, Wilco, Over and Out”
	Other Readbacks
	Be Brief…But Clear
	“...VFR Bigburg.”
	“Say Again?”
	Similar Callsigns
	Type Confusion
	Communicating an Emergency
	Minimum Fuel vs. Emergency Fuel
	Simplex vs. Duplex
	Hooked On Phonics
Chapter 4: Class G Airspace
	There’s Not Much Of It
	UNICOM and MULTICOM
	Let’s Go Bore Some Holes in the Sky
	You Want Fries With That?
	The Tower of Babble
	When is a Tower Not a Tower?
	Tower in Class G Airspace?
	Summary
Chapter 5: Class E Airspace
	It’s Your Typical Flight Environment
	Departing Harvey Field
	Over the Top of Paine Field
	Extensions
	Making Position Reports
	Radar Flight Following
	Handoffs
	Terminating Radar Service
	Requests and Clearances
	Requests or Instructions?
	Strange Field Entry
	Departing a Strange Field in Class E Airspace
	No Radio (NORDO)
	Special Visual Flight Rules
	Beneath the Ceiling
	Summary
Chapter 6: Class D Airspace
	When is a Tower Not a Tower?
	Tower Frequencies
	Class G Tower?
	“What’s the ATIS?”
	Ground Control
	One Voice, Two Frequencies
	Clearance Delivery
	Progressive Taxi
	Departures
	Hold Short
	“Position and Hold/Line Up and Wait”
	Wake Turbulence
	Intersection Takeoffs
	“Request Frequency Change”
	Blocked Frequency
	Special Visual Flight Rules (SVFR)
	Satellite Airports in Class D Airspace
	Arriving at Olympia
	Strange Airport Arrival
	In the Pattern and on Final Approach
	Adjusting the Pattern
	Night Operations
	Landing Alternatives
	Land and Hold Short (LAHSO)
	NORDO
	Departing a Satellite Airport
	Just Passing Through
	When Your Eyes Deceive You
	UNICOM at Tower-Controlled Airports
	A Final Word About Class D Airspace
	Summary
Chapter 7: Class C Airspace
	Radar Required
	When Class C is Not Class C
	Transponder Use
	Arrival
	Departure
	SVFR
	Satellite Airports
	“Piper 70497, Stand By”
	TRSAs
	Summary
Chapter 8: Class B Airspace
	Clearance Required
	Approach and Departure Control
	Just Passing Through
	VFR Corridors, Flyways, and Transition Routes
	Landing at the Primary Airport
	Departing an Airport in the Class B Surface Area
	Departing From a Satellite Airport Beneath Class B Airspace
	Summary
Chapter 9: Class A Airspace
	It’s for the Chosen Few
Chapter 10: Flight Service Stations
	Service is Their Middle Name
	What Frequency Do I Use?
	Making Contact
	Special Use Airspace
	Special Flight Rules Areas (SFRA)
	Filing Flight Plans
	Air-Filing Flight Plans
	Position Reports
	Close Your Flight Plan!
	Can You Tell Me Where There is a Hole?
	Enroute Weather
	Pilot Reports
	Summary
Chapter 11: The IFR Communicator
	What’s the Difference?
	Filing Your Flight Plan
	OTP
	Write It Down
	Ready to Copy
	VFR Departure?
	“Cleared for Takeoff”
	“Request a Vector To…”
	On the Way
	Weather
	Deviations
	Traffic Reports
	Sectorization
	Another Handy Trick
	Holding
	Expect the Unexpected
	Changing Altitude
	Pilot’s Discretion
	“Say Heading”
	Airspeed
	Using Your GPS
	Cruise Clearances
	STARs
	Vectors
	Approach Clearances
	GPS Approaches
	Radar Approaches
	Visual, Contact, and Circling Approaches
	Missed Approaches
	Practice Approaches
	Lost Communications
	“Minimum Fuel”
	Good Operating Practices
		Give the Controller a Great Big Hand!
		The Hearback Problem
		Keep It Brief, But Not Too Brief
		The Last Shall Be First
		Silence is Not Agreement
		I’ll Show ’Em!!
	Summary
Chapter 12: Now That You Know the System...
	Teamwork
	When All Else Fails
	In Conclusion…
Appendix A: Communications Facilities
	Airport Advisory Area
	Aeronautical Advisory Service
	Air Route Traffic Control Center (Center)
	Approach/Departure Control
	Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS)
	Clearance Delivery
	Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF)
	Flight Service Station
	Ground Control
	Hazardous In-Flight Weather Advisory Service (HIWAS)
	MULTICOM
	Tower
Appendix B: Airspace Definitions
Appendix C: Clearance Shorthand
Glossary
Index
Sectional Chart