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!![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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!