San Diego Flight Instructor Garry Wing, of Fly The Wing Flight Training, offers some tips and suggestions for succesfully copying IFR Clearances.There's a bonus "easter egg" in this video. There was an intentional error in copying part of the clearance from Philly to Rochester that was going to be discovered on the read-back, but for timing purposes, the read-back and correction portion of the video was edited out. Pretend you're ATC and see if YOU can catch it!
Don't think about anything while copying the clearance. If your mind begins to wander, you're sure to leave out some small detail, and then you'll have to do that "back and forth" thing with ATC until you have actually said what he/she said.
Much of what you will get in any IFR clearance can be anticipated; at the very least the order of the elements you will be given is pretty standard and straight-forward. Think: C-R-A-F-T; Clearance, Route, Altitude, Frequency & Transponder code. Adopt your own style of shorthand for the most commonly used words and phrases; C for 'cleared to'; A for 'airport', AD for 'after departure', MTN for 'maintain', etc.
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