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ATC RET 2003 · April 7th, 2008, 20:40

If a direction of turn is specified in conjunction with an assigned heading, you should turn in that direction. If no direction of turn is specified, you would be expected to turn in whichever direction was nearer to the new heading.

A turn of greater than 180 degrees is probably not too common but it can happen. If I ever issued one, it was usually for a very specific reason and I usually restated the direction of turn just to be sure.

Not sure if that helps any, but there you have it.

April 7th, 2008, 20:40	#2
ATC RET 2003 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Atlanta area Posts: 285	Re: Conflicting Instruction If a direction of turn is specified in conjunction with an assigned heading, you should turn in that direction. If no direction of turn is specified, you would be expected to turn in whichever direction was nearer to the new heading. A turn of greater than 180 degrees is probably not too common but it can happen. If I ever issued one, it was usually for a very specific reason and I usually restated the direction of turn just to be sure. Not sure if that helps any, but there you have it. __________________ Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. -Groucho Marx