The Secret To VFR Radio Communications

On day 18 of our 31 Day Safer Pilot Challenge, I will share the secret to VFR Radio Communications.

Comment below if you are 18 for 18 in our 31 Day SPC!

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[johnfriend]

Jason, fantastic advise on the "no delay" comment. On my fixed wing add-on check ride I got a no delay as I was stopping at the hold short line, I turned onto the runway, hit the throttle and almost killed the engine because I hadn't gone full rich yet. The DPE told me "never let them rush you or get in your head", it was a great lesson learned, one I'll never forget. Better to wait and get your checks done than rush and make a stupid mistake (especially with a DPE in the plane). No, he didn't bust me for it but I sure felt dumb.

[captainpicarde]

18 for 18. As I'm learning at a Pilot controlled airport, the ATC communications are something I want/need to do much more of. I've flown in and out of HKY several times and both your videos and using the Live ATC app have helped me with knowing what to expect and practicing read backs. Great video as always.

[alr]

I love 3:00 how he knows he should pause talking for this video because he’s about to receive instructions to write down about his squawk instructions all while driving a plane with his feet. Not only is he perfectly capable of this, ground control knows he is because he just told him to do it.
This is reason #87 why I know I should be a pilot.

[frankdaniels]

18 for 18, loving these videos! Student pilot here struggling with comms flying in class C, this really helped me.

[sierrarotorcraftclub]

17 for 17. It's been years since I flew (2001 in fact) and watching your 31 days safer pilot challenge has shown me how much I have forgotten and so many things have changed. - thanks!

[PortugueseFlyingStew]

Jason, great to see you write down taxi instructions. I sometimes have trouble remembering long taxi instructions.

[drcode]

I am lucky that I fly in Southern California where I get constant practice in radio communications and ATC wants everyone flying on Fight Following. 18 for 18 and enjoying it. Thank you!

[weiniesail]

Eyes are everywhere EXCEPT OUTSIDE THE PLANE WHEN TAXIING ACROSS RUNWAYS!!!

[HiTechRob]

Jason, I noticed when you picked up your Departure Frequency and Squawk code, you kept rolling. And you did great by the way.... Myself, I will stop where I am at and copy before resuming taxi so as not to be distracted and take my eyes from being outside the airplane. Another great video as always!

I will also review the taxi diagram before making the call up and like pre-filling CRAFT on IFR clearance, I will mentally build a picture of how they may route me to the runway.

Finally, have you tried the new feature in Foreflight that can build the taxi route for you? It still is part of their Labs I think and not a lot of airports are available to use with it - yet. I have found some of the busier more complex airports are available.

[markfacer]

Yes indeed. I use this often. Great tool!

[mcflyer]

18 for 18 Thank you for the great instructions. Most Appreciated

[aeroringordmngr]

Great seeing you tooling around my home airport. Sorry I missed the Rex Air open house. I heard it was well attended and very well received.

[danherlong]

18 (plus some) in the box! Thx so much!

[johnfitzpatrick]

Very vibrant colour images of the Florida coastline: great cameras.
Hello from Sydney Australia.
🌏🇦🇺

[charleskroll]

18 for 18. Loving the SPC and the GSA. Started Lesson 9 - Airspace this morning. Taking lots of notes!

[glennwatson]

I use the iPad mini 6's pencil feature, when the screen is off if you tap the screen it brings up scratchpad mode, or if you use the pencil against left/right bottom side of the screen it'll bring up the scratchpad. Good for quick notes when flying. I'm doing a lot of dead reckoning flying at the moment in my training so I don't always have my EFB open.

[joefitzpatrick]

18/18 ....I struggle with communicating with a tower and really need to practice more of that. Great video!!!!

[waynegeske]

I really liked this one, bty I've watched them all.

[cfagan]

18/18. My CFI was all over me for taxiing while distracted with squawk code entries - better to stop taxi or wait until runup area for entry. Obviously I lack Jason's skill and experience.

[broll]

Hey Jason, I'm 18 for 18. Great videos.