A trainee ground control informed “ROMEO VICTOR ROMEO SIX HUNDRED”. What was his/her mistake?
Refer to figures.
ICAO Annex 10, Volume II
5.2.1.4.1 Transmission of numbers
5.2.1.4.1.1 All numbers, except as prescribed in 5.2.1.4.1.2, shall be transmitted by pronouncing each digit separately.
runway visual range | transmitted as |
600 | RVR six hundred |
1 700 | RVR one thousand seven hundred |
ICAO states: "When radiotelephony is used, the abbreviations and terms are transmitted using the individual letters in non-phonetic form." The following abbreviations and terms refer to this statement:
ACC, ADF, ADS-B, ADS-C, AFTN, ATA, ATC, ATD, CPDLC, DME, ETA, ETD, FIR, FMS, GCA, GLS, GNSS, GPS, GPWS, HF, IFR, ILS, IMC, MLS, NDB, NOZ, NTZ, PAR, PDC, PSR, QDM, QFE, QNH, RCP, RNP, RPI, RVR, RVSM, SSR, TMA, UHF, UIR, UTC, VFR, VHF, VIP, VMC, VOR.
Note: This question should be under subject 090 - Communications, however it has been reported under Air Law. We would kindly ask anyone who comes across this question in their Air Law exam to let us know. Thanks in advance.
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