What braking report number is used for normal FO?

• A. Five
• B. Two
• C. Four
• D. One

Answer: (B)

Braking report codes are a standardized way to communicate braking performance quickly and clearly during normal operations. When everything is routine for the First Officer, you use the code that denotes normal braking, signaling to the crew and controllers that there’s nothing out of the ordinary requiring additional action. The whole point of this coding system is to keep communication concise and unambiguous; using the routine code avoids unnecessary steps or alarms that would come with codes for abnormal or degraded braking. The other numbers exist for non-normal conditions, which would trigger different procedures or checks. So, for a normal First Officer braking report, the code that represents routine braking is used.