"A Lieberman" wrote in message
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What I wonder is, is it better to say your tail number first or after your
acknowledgement or read back of instructions. I tend to flip flop.



Technically, you are shortcutting:

"xyz tower, this is whatever-type ... four three lima. Roger, here is my
readback of your instructions"

you throw out the "xyx tower, this is whatever-type ...", but your tail
number is still left in, so it is now first, as in: "four three lima....
roger, two niner, niner two."

Unfortunately, if we do not include the "roger", then "four three lima....
two niner niner two" seems clumsy and that's when we flip-flop to "two niner
niner two.... four three lima" as being somehow more natural.

But I still prefer...: "four three lima.... roger, two niner niner two" as
the most natural of all.

Of course, VFR, I would never read back anything except
runway-hold-short-or-cross instructions, unless specifically requested to do
so.... so it would only be the acknowledgement: "four three lima".