Subchapter 10.2 – Complete Flight Sequence with Detailed Commentary

PHASE 5: TAKEOFF CLEARANCE

Timeline: T+0:00 (departure time)

You are lined up on runway 06. Tower will now issue the takeoff clearance.

Takeoff Clearance

Salzburg Tower · OE-DMS

TOWER: OE-DMS, after departure turn right heading zero-nine-zero, climb via SID, cleared for takeoff runway zero-six. Wind two-zero-five at six knots.

PILOT: After departure right heading zero-nine-zero, climb via SID, CLEARED for takeoff runway zero-six, OE-DMS.

TOWER: OE-DMS, roger.

Analysis: The takeoff clearance included:

Departure instruction (turn right heading 090)
Climb clearance (via SID)
Runway clearance
Wind information

You read back the heading, the climb instruction, the runway, and your callsign. This is the mandatory readback for takeoff. You did not read back the wind (wind is for information, not a mandatory readback item).

Common Error: Some pilots read back "after departure turn right heading zero-nine-zero" when the correct readback is "right heading zero-nine-zero." The word "after" is implicit in the instruction, and your job is to read back the action (right heading 090), not the condition.