skidoo
Line Up and Wait
Say you are flying level and ATC says maintain altitude and expect xx000 ft in 5 minutes, contact xyz center on 1xx.xx. So, you note your time, change frequency and make the call. ATC does not respond to the call and you don't notice, thinking you are still in contact. 5 minutes pass and you haven't heard from ATC to begin climbing. So, you call ATC and ask if you should begin climbing now. No response, so you check the frequency and notice you were off a digit. You get that dialed in and hear ATC calling you to climb and maintain xx000ft. So, you begin climb, readback to ATC and go on with your flight. But, because of the mixup, you climb did not begin until after 7 minutes.
So, my question is this. AT the 5 minute mark, should you begin that expected climb even if you had not heard from ATC telling you to begin the climb? For example, should you have started the climb at 5 minutes and reported (as opposed to requested prior) to ATC that you began your climb and then when you notice no response, do your troubleshooting?
So, my question is this. AT the 5 minute mark, should you begin that expected climb even if you had not heard from ATC telling you to begin the climb? For example, should you have started the climb at 5 minutes and reported (as opposed to requested prior) to ATC that you began your climb and then when you notice no response, do your troubleshooting?