On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 18:18:41 GMT, "John R. Copeland"
wrote:

Yes, it works extremely well, Roy.
A Clearance-Delivery facility once gave me a modestly complicated departure,
ending in a cryptic Lat/Lon point, followed by "...then as filed".
I gave the usual, "Standby for readback" as I started unfolding charts,
trying to guess where that Lat/Lon point was.
After a few seconds, the Clearance-Delivery person wondered when I'd be
ready for the readback, and I replied "As soon as I locate that Lat/Lon".
At that point, he/she said it was a distant VOR I had originally filed to,
whereupon I requested and received a re-read of the clearance,
"...in a form that I could acknowledge more easily".

I certainly would be uncomfortable reading back a clearance
before understanding it.


Reading back a clearance means getting the words right.

Nothing more.