Here in SA we have a real communication problem, I'm not sure if it's the bad telephone line quality (fixed or cellular) or if it's due to all the different official languages we have, either way you should know the NATO phonetic alphabet in case you need to spell your name, address or other vital information as the person on the other side of the line might capture your information incorrectly and that mistake could be the difference between life and death.
Example
Call to operator, answered within 5 seconds, this is great!
Giving the operator vital information, Name, Location, Details, due to spelling and other communication issues this took 5 minutes, not so great!
Response time after call has been logged 4 minutes, this is not bad in my area or in our country!
If you could give all the vital information such as your name and the most importantly your location within 2 minutes you would've saved 3 minutes and alot can happen in 3 minutes.
Anyways here's the NATO phonetic alphabet, take some time to memorise it, it could save your life and a considerable amount of time in an emergency.
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Letters
Letter | Code word | Pronunciation |
A | Alfa (ICAO, ITU, IMO, FAA) | AL FAH |
B | Bravo | BRAH VOH |
C | Charlie | CHAR LEE or |
D | Delta | DELL TAH |
E | Echo | ECK OH |
F | Foxtrot | FOKS TROT |
G | Golf | GOLF |
H | Hotel | HO TELL (ICAO) |
I | India | IN DEE AH |
J | Juliett (ICAO, ITU, IMO, FAA) | JEW LEE ETT |
K | Kilo | KEY LOH |
L | Lima | LEE MAH |
M | Mike | MIKE |
N | November | NO VEM BER |
O | Oscar | OSS CAH |
P | Papa | PAH PAH |
Q | Quebec | KEH BECK |
R | Romeo | ROW ME OH |
S | Sierra | SEE AIR RAH (ICAO, ITU, IMO) |
T | Tango | TANG GO |
U | Uniform | YOU NEE FORM or |
V | Victor | VIK TAH |
W | Whiskey | WISS KEY |
X | X-ray or | ECKS RAY (ICAO, ITU) |
Y | Yankee | YANG KEY |
Z | Zulu | ZOO LOO |
Digits
Digit | Code word | Pronunciation |
0 | Zero (FAA) | ZE RO (ICAO, FAA) |
1 | One (FAA) | WUN (ICAO, FAA) |
2 | Two (FAA) | TOO (ICAO, FAA) |
3 | Three (FAA) | TREE (ICAO, FAA) |
4 | Four (FAA) | FOW ER (ICAO, FAA) |
5 | Five (FAA) | FIFE (ICAO, FAA) |
6 | Six (FAA) | SIX (ICAO, FAA) |
7 | Seven (FAA) | SEV EN (ICAO, FAA) |
8 | Eight (FAA) | AIT (ICAO, FAA) |
9 | Nine (FAA) | NIN ER (ICAO, FAA) |
Cheers...
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