Jay Honeck wrote:

So why do we read it back?

*Does* everyone read it back?

I will sometimes use a "wilco, Bonanza XXX" in place of the readback, if I
am confident that I heard the number correctly. Other times I will read
back the code primarily for my own memory aid.

In response to an IDENT request, I always use a "wilco, Bonanza XXX," but I
recall reading here that even that is probably overkill since the
controller will know when this occurs. If nothing else, the "wilco" acts
as an acknowledgement and doesn't take that much more radio time than a
simple aircraft id response.

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Peter
























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