On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:13:46 -0500, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:


"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
.. .

I heard the following exchange this morning:


ABC-Tower: "Citation-XXX, ABC-Tower."

Citation-XXX: "ABC-Tower, Citation-XXX; say current wind."

ABC-Tower: "Citation-XXX, ABC-Tower, wind 150 at 4."

Citation-XXX: "ABC-Tower, Citation-XXX; is that wind *ZERO* 4?"

silence

Citation-XXX: "ABC-Tower, Citation-XXX; confirm wind *ZERO* 4."

ABC-Tower: "Citation-XXX, ABC-Tower; that's affirmative."


Was the Citation pilot's pedantic request appropriate?


No.



Must controllers prepend a "zero" to single-digit wind speeds?


No.


Thanks for the information.

Have you ever run across this sort of pilot in your years of
experience?