Don't Request "Remaining In the Pattern" If You Have No Intentions to Do it... Here's Why

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Thank you for bringing this up. I wanted to add that if you want to learn more about how to fly a pattern, check out this tutorial:

How to fly a (visual) pattern

A pattern can be flown in different ways. First of all, you will be cleared to fly a left or right hand pattern. This is straightforward: if you are cleared to make a left hand pattern all your turns will be to the left and if you are cleared to fly a right hand pattern all your turns will be to the right. To inform the tower that you want to remain in the pattern you will communicate when you request take off: “callsign XXX ready for take off runway XX, remaining in the pattern” What does a …