Originally Posted by
PDK1011
My pet peeve will always be "here comes the flash". You're not taking a picture loser. Hitting the ident button acknowledges their "Eight Alpha Foxtrot, ident" request.
Interesting. What do you want us to say? I usually say nothing as I was taught, but it usually takes about 10 seconds before they come back and say "ident complete fly heading..." I understand it can take some time to "bloom" on your radar? Sometimes I read back something like "28 sierra ident".
I was on frequency where this foreign guy and a controller were trying to troubleshoot a transponder, and because the guy didn't say he pushed ident, it was this comical back-and-forth for 3 minutes, embarrassing.