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ananoman · October 2nd, 2004, 20:11

I tend to omit notifying ATC when entering a hold during a training flight in which I have asked for the hold, and been given holding instructions. ATC knows that you are holding, and often seems annoyed when you announce that you are at the fix.

It would be more important in a non radar environment for obvious reasons, and would be good practice on an actual missed approach that you did not request for training purposes.

With students, you are probably better off having them announce entering the hold, just to build good habit patterns. If they are a more advanced student, you can probably get away with omitting the report.

October 2nd, 2004, 20:11	#5
ananoman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 916	Re: Holding reporting requirements I tend to omit notifying ATC when entering a hold during a training flight in which I have asked for the hold, and been given holding instructions. ATC knows that you are holding, and often seems annoyed when you announce that you are at the fix. It would be more important in a non radar environment for obvious reasons, and would be good practice on an actual missed approach that you did not request for training purposes. With students, you are probably better off having them announce entering the hold, just to build good habit patterns. If they are a more advanced student, you can probably get away with omitting the report.