required readback on clearance

"Steven P. McNicoll" writes:

If your clearance is (I'm making this part up)

Cessna 87077 cleared to Bakersfield, via Riverside standard DP,
Paradise, dep Paradise on 270 radial, Victor 364, Pomona, as filed.
Expect 10,000 ten minutes after departure, contact Socal on 135.4,
squawk 4224.

What would you be required to readback?


Nothing.

In Canada, you'd be required to read back the transponder code (but
nothing else, since the clearance includes a SID with no altitude
amendment). Practically, I notice that even the airliners always read
back the whole clearance -- it's much easier to work out any
misunderstandings when you're still on the ground.


All the best,


David