Ready for departure at Boundary Bay (CZBB)
Practises a line-up-and-wait instruction, which the guide is explicit is NOT a takeoff clearance, and reading back each of the two correctly (NAV CANADA VFR Phraseology guide, Line Up/Line Up and Wait p. 25; Takeoff p. 26).
The situation
You are the pilot of C-GABC, a Cessna 172, holding short at Boundary Bay (CZBB). Run-up is complete and you are staying in the circuit. It is busy this morning. Call Boundary Bay Tower when you are ready.
Practise this call →Sources
- NAV CANADA VFR Phraseology guide (v3 2022), 'Line Up/Line Up and Wait' (p. 25): 'LINE UP and LINE UP AND WAIT are NOT take-off clearances.' ATC '(aircraft call sign) LINE UP/LINE UP AND WAIT RUNWAY (runway number) (reason to wait)'; pilot 'LINE UP/LINE UP AND WAIT RUNWAY (runway number) (aircraft call sign)'. The worked example is Boundary Bay Tower, runway zero-seven
- NAV CANADA VFR Phraseology guide, Takeoff (p. 26): the clearance contains the words CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF RUNWAY (n); pilots report 'ready for departure'
- ICAO Doc 9432 Manual of Radiotelephony, ch. 4 ('takeoff' belongs to the clearance only)
- Canada Flight Supplement: runway 07
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