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Readback: October 2015

In the sidebar section Everything You Say Can and Will… of Tarrance Kramers Fibbing on Frequency in August, he said that everything you say is recorded. I once heard that a controller can put a hack mark on the tape to mark where a discussion or a disagreement has taken place. True?

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Key Takeaways:

  • Air traffic controllers manually document incidents by noting time and details for supervisors to retrieve audio/radar recordings, rather than electronically "marking" them.
  • A certified and operational clock is technically required for IFR flight under 14 CFR 91.205(d), despite common non-compliance and low enforcement priority from the FAA.
  • The article highlights discrepancies in an instrument approach, specifically questioning the practical feasibility of charted visibility minimums for a VDP and disputing the accuracy of a depicted missed approach course.
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Hack the Recording

In the sidebar section “Everything You Say Can and Will…” of Tarrance Kramer’s “Fibbing on Frequency” in August, he said that everything you say is recorded. I once heard that a controller can put a “hack” mark on the tape to mark where a discussion or a disagreement has taken place. True?

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