When to acknowledge ATC

A Guy Called Tyketto wrote:
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Hamish Reid wrote:

This thread has certainly had a sort of morbid entertainment value
watching you go up against Steven M, an experienced controller and pilot
-- basically, you seem to be a little out of your depth here...


Fine then, everyone. You're all right, I'm wrong. You don't
need to readback clearances. Everybody happy now?

I tried to respond with something I was taught by my
instructors. Now I know what I was told was wrong. I'll go crawl back
into my hole, and shut up because I stood up for what I had learned.
Now that I'm wrong, I'll be quiet. Everybody happy now?

I'm actually indifferent. :-)

There are very good reasons to read back most clearances. The main
reason is to ensure that I got it right. However, the point was that it
isn't required, it is, however, a good practice. Lots of things that
aren't required are still good practice.


Matt