PPL Exercises: Briefings, Techniques & Tips for Student Pilots

The AIM: As the site develops, to 'brief' the PPL Flight Exercises. To offer advice regarding safe operation & procedure, correct prioritisation, good practice and, where appropriate, to add useful information & highlight common errors. Also, via 'Comments' to answer questions and give feedback.

There will be other items of interest e.g. who has recently flown their First Solo and any other relevant information.

Hopefully there will be interest and participation - especially from my own pilot students and colleagues. However, ANYONE may participate. It would be good to hear from you!

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Correct R/T Phraseology? Any Feedback?

CAP413 1.5.2 and 1.13.3 and LASORS Safety Sense 22 p.13 give conflicting information regarding requests to an ATSU for Flight Information Service or Radar Information Service or MATZ Penetration or Zone Transit or whatever.
Yesterday I asked the CFI for his interpretation of the rules. He is an R/T Examiner and has the latest information from the authorities (who, hopefully, will clarify the situation in print at some stage).
The following is the correct format for these types of messages:

AIRCRAFT:
Station address
Callsign
Request

ATSU:
Callsign
Pass your message

AIRCRAFT:
Callsign
Type
Point of departure
Destination
Routing
Position
Altitude
Request

Notes 1: Heading is not required. VFR/IFR not required. Pressure setting not required.
Notes 2: If your initial request is for (say) a “MATZ penetration” then the ATSU require, in the subsequent request, the type of service through their MATZ or in their Airspace e.g. “Radar Information Service”.