Part One: Warm Up
Discuss the following questions with a partner or group:
- What is the difference between an arrival and departure phase of flight?
- Do you think most people understand what a aircraft does during the arrival phase of flight?
- What does a student controller feel is the most difficult to learn the arrival or departure phase of flight?
- What do you think it means to say to an aircraft "fly heading 020"?
- Why would a controller tell a pilot to "report gear down"?
Part Two: Listening
Exercise
Open the exercise to begin the activity. Follow the instructions in the document.