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Declaring a pan call has a lower priority than…

  • A

    Meteorological messages

  • B

    Flight regularity messages

  • C

    Flight safety messages

  • D

    Distress messages

Please learn the priority order of these messages, as there are many questions on this subject in the bank...

ICAO Annex 10, Volume II, 5.1.8 - Categories of messages:

The categories of messages handled by the aeronautical mobile service and the order of priority in the establishment of communications and the transmission of messages shall be in accordance with the following table (Message category and order of priority):

a) DISTRESS calls, distress messages and distress traffic
b) URGENCY messages, including messages preceded by the medical transports signal
c) Communications relating to DIRECTION FINDING
d) FLIGHT SAFETY messages
e) METEOROLOGICAL messages
f) FLIGHT REGULARITY messages

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