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SERA.14025 Principles governing the identification of ATS routes other than standard departure and arrival routes

Regulation (EU) 2016/1185

(a)     Use of ATS route designators in communications

(1)     In voice communications, the basic letter of a designator shall be spoken in accordance with the spelling alphabet as defined in Table S14-2.

(2)     Where the prefixes K, U or S are used, they shall, in voice communications, be spoken as follows:

(i)                K — KOPTER

(ii)     U — UPPER

(iii)     S — SUPERSONIC

(b)     The word ‘kopter’ shall be pronounced as in the word ‘helicopter’ and the words ‘upper’ and ‘supersonic’ as in the English language.

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