Had that debrief...will have to call after this staff tour
There is something in either the AIM or the FAA radio procedure book on this. You’re supposed to use full for initial check in with any controller and then it can be shortened by the controller. Once he does that, you can too.
Or you can just say what you want. If the controller doesn’t like it, he’ll tell you.
Yep! 4-2-3 specifically, Contact Procedures. I got corrected going in Delta on my first solo cross country when I tried to shorten my tail number to the last three digits, ATC reminded me I needed to state all of it and let them do the shortening. The guy was nice about it though.I'm pretty sure it's in the AIM. I've just noticed that with the longer pre-fix, if I offer up the shorter callsign first, especially when it's busy, I'm met with almost no resistance from ATC and they go along quickly, unlike running under a normal N-number. I think they get tired of the mouthful as much as I do, and I'm running at least 1 if not 2 other radios, so trying to keep things brief is helpful.
My typical helicopter controlling experiences follow the lines of “stay at or below () 500 and don’t talk to me again.”
Sometimes it’s good to be ignored or forgotten as the middle-child of aviation.
<Click>As long as you preface every communication with "Aaaaaand...." before you say what you intend to say, you know everything you'll ever need to know about aviation jargon.
Example:
Gamestopper 469: "And, Ground, this is Gamestopper 469."
Ground: "Gamestopper 469, Ground."
Gamestopper 469: "Aaaand, from Gamestopper 469, I'd like to [request]."
Ground: "Gamestopper 469, Ground, proceed to [requested thing]."
Gamestopper 469: "Aaaaaaaaand Ground, Roger, [readback the thing]."