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What is the order of categories of message in descending priority?

  • A

    Distress, Urgency, Meteorological, Flight Safety

  • B

    Distress, Flight Safety, Urgency, Meteorological

  • C

    Distress, Urgency, Flight Safety, Meteorological

  • D

    Distress, Flight Safety, Meteorological, Urgency

Note: For your exam, be very aware of the following message categories and their order of importance:

  1. Distress
  2. Urgency
  3. Direction Finding (QDM, QTE etc)
  4. Flight Safety - basically ATC commands (climb, turn, descend etc)
  5. Met info
  6. Flight Regularity - basically messages of an operational nature (need fuel, tech issues, passenger information, schedule change etc)

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