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When making initial contact with a Canadian ATC unit, the pilot of aircraft C-FBSQ should transmit the registration as

  1. AFBSQ.
  2. BFox, Baker, Sugar, Queen.
  3. CFoxtrot, Bravo, Sierra, Québec.Correct answer
  4. DBravo, Sierra, Québec.

Why this is the answer

Per the TC AIM, the registration is spoken with the ICAO phonetic alphabet, so C-FBSQ becomes “Foxtrot, Bravo, Sierra, Québec.” Old-style words like “Fox, Baker, Sugar, Queen” are not standard phonetics.

Reference

TC AIM-COM– Use of Phonetics TC AIM-COM– Call Signs / Civil Aircraft

Question reproduced verbatim from Transport Canada’s PSTAR Study and Reference Guide (TP 11919E). The answer key is Transport Canada’s; the explanation is ours.

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