IFR Clearance

[pilotjww]

I agree with C650 here, except I usually record the call sign cleared - it reinforces what I heard and hopefully what I'm flying today. You wont always get a departure procedure, but the rest will pretty well come in the same sequence every time. Don't sweat it - practise listening to a scanner if you wish - but let it flow while you are copying, and understand it after you have it all and can question. I've noticed that my short-term memory has improved in the cockpit with lots of practise. I thought it would be cool to have a digital voice recorder tied in with the intercom, but the playback is a time-wise hassle, because if you try to listen a 2nd time, they (controller) almost always interrupt with a query, since you havent responded soon enough.
Listen/copy/readback, then ponder and query if needed, but with practise you'll get it right.

 

[Tired]

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I just set the initial altitude in selector, final altitude in press. controler, departure frequency in stby radio and squawk in the box......


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Gotta love flying frieght...this is common at 3am...

Freghter 1: Approach...Freighter 1 1-3 thousand w/ the numbers...
Approch: Freigher 1...radar contact, cleared to land, cleared to taxi, your outbound is cleared as filed, mantain four thousand, squwak 1234, everything this freq...

Just copy it down and read it back...one thing I would recommend is if you may get a SID then look at the names right before you call CD, the controller has said the name so many times that it can be hard to undestand unless you know what to expect.

 

[MikeD]

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I just set the initial altitude in selector, final altitude in press. controler, departure frequency in stby radio and squawk in the box......


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Gotta love flying frieght...this is common at 3am...

Freghter 1: Approach...Freighter 1 1-3 thousand w/ the numbers...
Approch: Freigher 1...radar contact, cleared to land, cleared to taxi, your outbound is cleared as filed, mantain four thousand, squwak 1234, everything this freq...

Just copy it down and read it back...one thing I would recommend is if you may get a SID then look at the names right before you call CD, the controller has said the name so many times that it can be hard to undestand unless you know what to expect.

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That was the story of my life 10 years ago. Was convenient as hell.

 

[Mr_Jimmy_Fly]

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This works for me:
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CAF:...................^10m..................
Freq:...................Sqwk:.................
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Taxi:.....................