An up-to-the minute sourcebook on pilot radio communications, this handbook adds important depth to the most thorough treatment of how to communicate confidently from the cockpit. In addition to updates of preceding editions, there are two brand-new chapters: one covers NTSB-provided examples of incidents caused primarily by human errors in communications; the other gives guidelines designed specifically to help pilots become more skilled communicators in an era of ever-busier airspaces and airports.
Radio communication skills are surprising under addressed in modern pilot training. This essential reference fills the gap with detailed coverage encompassing all the fundamentals - including radio facilities and communication responsibilities. With specific examples of how to conduct dialogue, and how dangerous assumption-making can be in the course of communicating, the book offers thorough grounding in:
How to avoid communication failures
Airspace classifications summary - controlled and uncontrolled airspaces defined
Multicom airport radio communications (including a simulated landing after takeoff using Multicom)
Unicom airport radio communications (including a simulated landing and takeoff using Unicom)
Flight Service Stations and radio communications
Automatic Terminal Information Service
Ground Control
Transponders
Approach/Departure Control
Working with Air Route Traffic Control Centers on VFR flights
What to do if you have radio failure
Cross-country flight
Competence in cockpit communications
This is the only place that gives pilots everything they need to be proficient cockpit communicators. VFR and IFR operations are both covered.