Alchemy said:Here's something interesting I heard the other day, a Delta flight giving full position reports in Mexico even though the Mexican controller responded to every transmission with "RADAR CONTACT".
One last question, what's the proper way to pronounce a flight number such as 3001, 2006, etc? Three-Thousand One? Thirty Oh-One? Thirty Zero One? Three Zero Zero One?
I actually had a controller once who wouldn't accept my acknowledgements unless I responded with Thirty Zero One instead of Three Thousand One.
Was the Delta aircraft reporting compulsary reporting points? I don't think that it matters if they're in radar contact over compulsary reporting points. I'm a bit rusty on reporting procedures.
The proper terminology should be Tree Zero Zero Wun.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspeak
Numbers aren't supposed to be combined to make ten, one hundred, one thousand, etc in standard radio terminology.
And no, I haven't used tree, fife or niner in the US. I have used those pronunciations plenty of times in Europe and the sandbox. I'd do just about anything to keep from going 'to Dityman and hold. State fuel on board and do not lie.' Ah, the joys of international flight.