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CAP 413 Radiotelephony Manual
Chapter 11 Page 30
1.6 Military Safety Broadcast – Securité
For details of the broadcast message 'SECURITÉ' see Chapter 10 paragraph 3.33.
1.7 Callsign Prefix – 'STUDENT'
1.7.1 On initial contact with Air Traffic Service Units (ATSUs) (including ATC centres and
aerodromes providing an ATC service, an Aerodrome FIS (AFIS) or an AGCS), student
pilots who do not yet hold a licence and who are flying solo as part of their training are
to prefix the aircraft callsign with the word “STUDENT”
1
. Once acknowledged, it will
not normally be necessary for student pilots to use the prefix in subsequent
transmissions until making initial contact with other ATSUs, unless they feel they are
being instructed to do something with which they are unfamiliar.
1.7.2 ATS personnel will acknowledge the initial call, again using the prefix, and can be
expected, in so far as is practicable, to make due allowance for the limited experience
and ability of student pilots in determining the pace and complexity of instructions
and/or information which are subsequently passed.
1.7.3 A solo student pilot experiencing an emergency and communicating with a military
unit or the D&D Section shall use the 'STUDENT' prefix with the aircraft callsign as
part of the distress or urgency message. A military ground station or the D&D section
receiving a distress or urgency message from a student pilot may use this information
on pilot experience to render the most appropriate assistance. (See also Chapter 8,
Emergency Phraseology, paragraph 1.5.)
1. Although intended primarily for use by ab initio students, the prefix shall also be used in other circumstances where, for
example, the holder of a valid licence is returning to flying practice after a significant absence and is undergoing renewal
training involving solo flight conducted as a student under the supervision of a flight instructor.
MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
WRAYTON CENTRE,
STUDENT G-ABCD,
Piper Cherokee
Lost Above Cloud
Altitude 3000 feet
Heading East
Endurance 1 hour
STUDENT G-ABCD,
Roger MAYDAY (any pertinent
information)
Figure 37 Callsign Prefix 'STUDENT'
31 March 2011