Interact as a Pilot – Situation 1 | Test 10
Listen to each exchange, interact as the pilot and compare your response with the suggested ICAO 4 and ICAO 5 model interactions.
Part 2 Instructions
Interacting as a Pilot
Transcript
Part Two: “Interacting as a Pilot”. In this part, you will interact with Air Traffic Control in five different situations. You may ask the controller to say again once. After listening to the controller, you should interact as the pilot. All information is important. You may take notes if you wish.
You are the pilot of a twin-engined aircraft. Your call sign is ANAC 123.
Are the instructions clear? OK, so let’s start. Situation number one.
Situation Briefing
Situation 1
Transcript
Situation 1. You have just taken off from Metropolitan Oakland Airport. Listen to NorCal Departure and read back.
Operational Exchange
Air Traffic Controller
Transcript
ANAC 123, [squawk ident], [fly present heading], [climb and maintain eight thousand feet], [expect one three thousand] within five minutes.
Pilot Suggested Interaction
Transcript
NorCal Departure, squawk ident, fly present heading, climb and maintain 8,000 ft, expect 13,000 ft, ANAC 123.
Additional Information
Transcript
Now, your main landing gear does not retract properly. Contact NorCal Departure, report your problem and request to hold in order to try to solve the problem.
Pilot Suggested Interaction
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NorCal Departure, my main landing gear did not retract properly. Request to hold to solve the problem, ANAC 123.
Air Traffic Controller
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ANAC 123, [I’m not sure I understood your message]. I copied you [are requesting to return to land in Oakland]. Please confirm.
Pilot Suggested Interaction
Transcript
Negative. We requested to hold to try to solve our landing gear problem, ANAC 123.
Comprehension Check
What Did the Controller Say?
Transcript
What did the controller say? Wait for interaction.
Model Interactions
Suggested Interaction ICAO 4
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The controller said he was not sure he had understood our message. He thought we were requesting to return and land in Oakland and asked us to confirm.
Suggested Interaction ICAO 5
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The controller explained that he was not sure he had understood our previous transmission and said he had interpreted it as a request to return and land in Oakland. He then asked us to confirm. Since our actual intention was to enter a hold and troubleshoot the landing gear problem, we needed to correct the misunderstanding clearly.
Next Situation
Let’s Go to Situation Number 2
Transcript
Thank you. This is the end of situation number one. Now, situation number two.