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Can I use my own language in ATC to pilot?
The language used by air traffic controllers is down to the pilot, so it is an unofficial rule between ATC and pilots that you can use your own language if it is easier. This means that a Punjabi pilot flying into Punjab could use Punjabi with the air traffic controller if he wished to.
How do planes communicate over the Pacific?
Satellites. When flying over the ocean — where they are out of radar range — pilots often rely on satellites to communicate with air traffic controllers on the ground. Satellites, of course, fly along a fixed path in Earth’s orbit. This is the most common way that airplanes communicate when flying over the ocean.
How do pilots communicate with ATC while in flight?
Typically, both while the aircraft is on the ground and airborne, communications with ATC is only a Push to Talk radio call away. Pilots often use cell phones to pick up instrument/departure clearances if they are on an airport without an operating control tower or can’t raise ATC on their radio while on the ground.
What is the proper way to ask ATC to repeat?
When a pilot needs to ask ATC to repeat something, the proper way is to use the phrase “say again.” That obligates ATC to reply. This, however, does not necessarily clarify information that the pilot may not have understood or may not recognize. The pilot also has the ability to revert to plain English and say something like, “I did not understand.
How does ATC deal with other planes in Class G?
In this case, ATC offers some advisories to VFR pilots about other aircraft; they also suggest deviations (like, “turn 15 degrees right and descend”) to help avoid other airplanes in their vicinities. A pilot can fly exclusively in Class G airspace and never have to talk with ATC.
Can other planes hear what the pilot is talking to you?
Obviously the crews of any other aircraft in the area can hear what they are saying, along with ATC, so in busy traffic areas anything other than short business-related messages are disapproved of. They could take a chat to another frequency but then they’re not monitoring the original one, which is unsafe.