Yet again, another night flying on the training server at JFK with someone working tower who has absolutely no idea what they’re doing so let’s take a minute to figure when to give what.
cleared to land means the aircraft is to just do that, land. cleared for the option you may either land and make a full stop, make a touch and go or make a stop and go (hence the word option”
This is fine. I think it’s a good reminder for folks to understand what the difference is between the two clearances. The AIM link that Andrew included has a lot of great information. I suggest checking it out. 🙂
Yes I agree, while it is a training server, they should be learning which is why I made the post. Different people learn from different ways! Which is why I included links to the AIM. It helps to understand and expand your knowledge when you know the reasoning why you’re supposed to do something other than because “they told me so” which is bullet point one below. Just trying to help 😊
Thanks @DeerCrusher just trying to spread the knowledge and make everyone a little more informed to make things more realistic and to create a base level of knowledge for someone out there who may want to make this a career one day! Sure wish I had these free resources when I was beginning to fly