CAT 10 ATC request confusion
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 7:41 am
So, last night I made my first attempt at the CAT 10, having spent a day or so preparing. And, regardless of the preparation, It was a complete mess. I thought I was all set, but ended up juggling too many things all at once and got way behind the airplane. However, one thing really confused me. As I approached Bravo, I was handed off to LAX Tower. I contacted Tower, and then was told:
"LA Helicopters ident."
I had absolutely no idea what that meant, and it completely confused me. Is this a standard ident request from LAX Tower? Since I wasn't a helicopter and had identified to Tower as a Cessna I wasn't sure what to do. I thought I'd heard the request wrong so asked for it to be repeated. In the end, I hit ident - which was the intent of the Tower request for certain, but I'm still confused as to the reason for "helicopter" in the request.
And whoever was controlling - I apologize for how much of a mess that approach to the miniroute was. Thanks for your patience. Listening to my radio calls on the ATC recordings makes me cringe... lol.
"LA Helicopters ident."
I had absolutely no idea what that meant, and it completely confused me. Is this a standard ident request from LAX Tower? Since I wasn't a helicopter and had identified to Tower as a Cessna I wasn't sure what to do. I thought I'd heard the request wrong so asked for it to be repeated. In the end, I hit ident - which was the intent of the Tower request for certain, but I'm still confused as to the reason for "helicopter" in the request.
And whoever was controlling - I apologize for how much of a mess that approach to the miniroute was. Thanks for your patience. Listening to my radio calls on the ATC recordings makes me cringe... lol.