Interact as a Pilot – Situation 3 | Test 07
Listen to each exchange, interact as the pilot and compare your response with the suggested ICAO 4 and ICAO 5 model interactions.
Situation Briefing
Situation 3
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Situation 3. You are going to land at Heathrow Airport. Listen to London Control and read back.
Operational Exchange
Air Traffic Controller
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ANAC 123, [turn left] [heading zero one zero degrees], [descend to flight level one five zero] and [reduce speed to two four zero knots].
Pilot Suggested Interaction
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Turn left, heading 010, descend to FL 150 and reduce speed to 240 kt, ANAC 123.
Additional Information
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Imagine you have been instructed to hold and you have been in the holding pattern for a while. However, you are now running low on fuel. Call London Control and inform them that you need to land within fifteen minutes.
Pilot Suggested Interaction
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London Control, ANAC 123. We are running low on fuel and need to land within 15 minutes.
Air Traffic Controller
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ANAC 123, turn right [heading one four zero]. Expect vectors to intercept [ILS zero niner left]. [Confirm you need to land in one five minutes] due to low fuel.
Pilot Suggested Interaction
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Affirm. We need to land in 15 minutes due to low fuel. Turn right heading 140. ILS 09L, ANAC 123.
Comprehension Check
What Did the Controller Say?
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What did the controller say? Wait for interaction.
Model Interactions
Suggested Interaction ICAO 4
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The controller told us to turn right heading 140 and said to expect vectors to intercept the ILS for runway 09L. He also asked us to confirm that we needed to land within 15 minutes because of low fuel.
Suggested Interaction ICAO 5
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The controller instructed us to turn right heading 140 and advised us to expect vectors to intercept the ILS for runway 09L. He then asked us to confirm whether we needed to land within 15 minutes due to low fuel. Since fuel was becoming critical, confirming the time constraint clearly was essential.
Next Situation
Let’s Go to Situation Number 4
Transcript
Thank you. This is the end of situation number three. Now, situation number four.