Subchapter 10.6 – Procedure Word Review and Summary

Readback Checklist for All Clearances

When ATC issues any clearance, use this mental checklist:

Write it down immediately (even if you think you'll remember it).
Read back the entire clearance /strong> in the same order ATC issued it.

Include mandatory readback items: altitude, heading, speed, runway, frequency approach type.

Use correct units: "flight level," "feet," "hectopascals."

Read back with your callsign at the end (or beginning if it's a response to ATC).

Spell out ambiguous elements: use phonetic for letters, spell out abbreviations.

Do NOT read back: wind, temperature, time, callsigns of other aircraft.

Ask for clarification if you don't understand something.