Squawk change

[Prino]

We throw the expired ones in a bin at work for people to do just that with them

 

[RetiredATLATC]

This is turning in a "Life at Compass" thread

 

[coks]

Why do some controllers tell a VFR aircraft to keep their code when they leave their airspace? For instance when going through the B transition with approach we get a code for the transition and once we leave their airspace and we still have 10-15 miles till the class D, half the time the controller tells us to keep the code and contact tower, the other half its radar services terminated, squawk var, freq change approved. Whats the benefit for a VFR aircraft staying on the squawk code once they are out of the airspace?

 

[NovemberEcho]

Why do some controllers tell a VFR aircraft to keep their code when they leave their airspace? For instance when going through the B transition with approach we get a code for the transition and once we leave their airspace and we still have 10-15 miles till the class D, half the time the controller tells us to keep the code and contact tower, the other half its radar services terminated, squawk var, freq change approved. Whats the benefit for a VFR aircraft staying on the squawk code once they are out of the airspace?

It's just to help the tower out so they can just look on their scope and see you quickly

 

[Stinger]

Why do some controllers tell a VFR aircraft to keep their code when they leave their airspace? For instance when going through the B transition with approach we get a code for the transition and once we leave their airspace and we still have 10-15 miles till the class D, half the time the controller tells us to keep the code and contact tower, the other half its radar services terminated, squawk var, freq change approved. Whats the benefit for a VFR aircraft staying on the squawk code once they are out of the airspace?

When the controller tells you to keep your code and to contact tower, you should only need to tell tower who you are and maybe which runway you're going to. Everything else has already been communicated via the datablock that's associated with your beacon code on the radar screen.
When you're told to squawk vfr and radar service terminated....when you do contact tower, you'll have to tell them who you are, where you're at, you've got the atis, and what you want.

 

[coks]

When the controller tells you to keep your code and to contact tower, you should only need to tell tower who you are and maybe which runway you're going to. Everything else has already been communicated via the datablock that's associated with your beacon code on the radar screen.
When you're told to squawk vfr and radar service terminated....when you do contact tower, you'll have to tell them who you are, where you're at, you've got the atis, and what you want.

Ahh yea that makes sense

 

[queeno]

Were the national beacon order