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Old August 31st 04, 07:36 PM
Ben Jackson
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Bob Gardner wrote:
However, don't be surprised to hear a controller say "Climb and maintain one
one thousand, eleven thousand" because there have been some
readback/hearback problems with pure digits.


On Saturday I heard an airliner call in at "one one thousand, ten thousand".
He quickly corrected himself. No amount of redundancy helps if your brain
isn't in gear.

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