On 11/27/07 12:26, Andrey Serbinenko wrote:
It happened to me more than once when I'd be told by clearance
to expect squawk on release, and then I'd tell the tower that
I'm ready for take-off, and they would clear me, and I'd say
that I'm expecting a squawk from them, and they'd go like:
"er... cancel take-off clearance, hold for release". I made it
my SOP to always tell'em this explicitly: if I'm VFR I'd say:
"such-and-such ready for take-off, departing north-west (or whatever),
and if I'm IFR I'd say: "such-and-such ready for take-off, IFR to XXX".

This is what I've been told to do (except that I specifically state VFR to ...
when VFR). There's still no excuse for the controller's mistake, but at least
you're helping to catch it, rather than just let it unfold.


Andrey


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