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What about SECURITE (tay) SECURITE?

I've heard that being used in the marine world, but I don't think it's
covered in the UK flight R/T syllabus. I suppose it might have a use in
a broadcast warning of severe weather?

I don't think it's that serious. Mariners use it for example when
backing a large boat out into the channel, where the skipper can't see
the channel himself. He goes SECURITAY SECURITAY with a brief
description of what he's doing, as a courtesy to any boat that may be
coming along.

The equivalent for a pilot would be to announce he's crossing the
runway. Personally, I just say "Zero Six is crossing the runway."
Airmen make a lot more radio calls than mariners do, at least at
non-towered fields. Most every call in the pattern or on the ground is
a Securite call, so there wouldn't be much point in prefacing it with
a warning.


all the best -- Dan Ford
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