cfeyeeye opined

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 13:28:53 GMT, jsmith wrote:

The correct response is: "Standby."


He said he wanted to " acknowledge that I have heard and undestood
(correctly) the clearance"

"Standby" doesn't do it.

What is needed is something like a readback that means "do I have the new
clearance correct" followed by "give me a chance to see if I can accept it".
It seems that currently that a readback means you have accepted the new
clearance. Which is a problem.

This one word connotes that you are evaluating the route and your options.
Your next communication may be to request a clarification, negotiate a
different route that you notice as you look at the reroute, or flat out
refuse the clearance.
Miami Center kept trying to route me out over the ocean numberous times
after I refused a reroute. They tried to get me to fly an assigned
heading which was exactly the heading for the airway reroute. Even after
being advised that there was no floatation gear onboard and the reroute
would put me in violation of the FAR's, the controllers response was,
"Your not going to be out there that long."
When you are used to working multiengine jet transports the times are
minimal, but for a single engine piston, the time would be 30 minutes.

Jose wrote:
OK, so how do I acknowledge that I have heard and understood (correctly)
the clearance you have given me, but am NOT accepting it until I can
verify that it won't take me sixty miles out over the ocean?



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