Mandatory readbacks
These must be read back word-perfect. Other information (e.g. readability) is acknowledged, not read back.
- ▸Runway in use
- ▸Altimeter settings (QNH / QFE) — add “hectopascals” when the QNH is below 1000
- ▸Clearances to enter, land on, take off from, line up on, hold short of, cross or backtrack a runway
- ▸Taxi instructions
- ▸SSR (squawk) codes
- ▸Level, heading and speed instructions
- ▸Frequency changes
- ▸Conditional clearances — repeat the condition and end with the condition word (e.g. “… behind the landing Cessna, behind”)
Readback trainer
The controller transmits — type back exactly what you’d say, then get marked on what must be read back.
“G-ABCD, taxi to holding point Alpha, runway 27, QNH 1013.”