Larry Dighera wrote:
Was the Citation pilot's pedantic request appropriate? Must
controllers prepend a "zero" to single-digit wind speeds?


I'd say both were appropriate. The AC asked; the controller answered; the AC
wasn't sure whether he heard "four" or "forty" (although it should have been
painfully obvious), and so the controller clarified his original answer.

I still would have said "150 at 4" the first time. I'd bet 90% of pilots would
never ask for the answer to be amplified unless they had good reason... say
heavy turbulence, passing cells or whatever. So for 90%, that would have been
the end of it.

But if I don't understand or am not sure I understand a reply, I'd ask for an
amplified answer in a heartbeat.



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Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com