diff --git a/src/ATC/AILocalTraffic.hxx b/src/ATC/AILocalTraffic.hxx
index d6be8f4e5..a5297e85e 100644
--- a/src/ATC/AILocalTraffic.hxx
+++ b/src/ATC/AILocalTraffic.hxx
@@ -35,20 +35,6 @@
 #include <string>
 SG_USING_STD(string);
 
-enum PatternLeg {
-	TAKEOFF_ROLL,
-	CLIMBOUT,
-	TURN1,
-	CROSSWIND,
-	TURN2,
-	DOWNWIND,
-	TURN3,
-	BASE,
-	TURN4,
-	FINAL,
-	LANDING_ROLL
-};
-
 enum TaxiState {
 	TD_INBOUND,
 	TD_OUTBOUND,
@@ -94,7 +80,7 @@ public:
 	void RegisterTransmission(int code); 
 	
 	// This is a hack and will probably go eventually
-	inline bool AtHoldShort() {return(holdingShort);}
+	inline bool AtHoldShort() {return holdingShort;}
 	
 protected:
 	
@@ -156,7 +142,7 @@ private:
 	int numInPattern;		// Number of planes in the pattern (this might get more complicated if high performance GA aircraft fly a higher pattern eventually)
 	int numAhead;		// More importantly - how many of them are ahead of us?
 	double distToNext;		// And even more importantly, how near are we getting to the one immediately ahead?
-	PatternLeg leg;		// Out current position in the pattern
+	//PatternLeg leg;		// Our current position in the pattern - now moved to FGAIPlane
 	StartofDescent SoD;		// Start of descent calculated wrt wind, pattern size & altitude, glideslope etc
 
 	// Taxiing details
diff --git a/src/ATC/AIPlane.cxx b/src/ATC/AIPlane.cxx
index 7802dc4ce..407d09a13 100644
--- a/src/ATC/AIPlane.cxx
+++ b/src/ATC/AIPlane.cxx
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ SG_USING_STD(string);
 #include "AIPlane.hxx"
 #include "ATCdisplay.hxx"
 
+FGAIPlane::FGAIPlane() {
+	leg = LEG_UNKNOWN;
+}
+
 FGAIPlane::~FGAIPlane() {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ATC/AIPlane.hxx b/src/ATC/AIPlane.hxx
index 941aab766..34e8544b0 100644
--- a/src/ATC/AIPlane.hxx
+++ b/src/ATC/AIPlane.hxx
@@ -18,14 +18,6 @@
 // along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 // Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 
-/*****************************************************************
-*
-* WARNING - Curt has some ideas about AI traffic so anything in here
-* may get rewritten or scrapped.  Contact Curt curt@flightgear.org 
-* before spending any time or effort on this code!!!
-*
-******************************************************************/
-
 #ifndef _FG_AI_PLANE_HXX
 #define _FG_AI_PLANE_HXX
 
@@ -37,6 +29,20 @@
 #include "AIEntity.hxx"
 #include "ATC.hxx"
 
+enum PatternLeg {
+	TAKEOFF_ROLL,
+	CLIMBOUT,
+	TURN1,
+	CROSSWIND,
+	TURN2,
+	DOWNWIND,
+	TURN3,
+	BASE,
+	TURN4,
+	FINAL,
+	LANDING_ROLL,
+	LEG_UNKNOWN
+};
 
 /*****************************************************************
 *
@@ -51,6 +57,7 @@ class FGAIPlane : public FGAIEntity {
 
 public:
 
+	FGAIPlane();
     virtual ~FGAIPlane();
 
     // Run the internal calculations
@@ -59,6 +66,9 @@ public:
 	// Send a transmission *TO* the AIPlane.
 	// FIXME int code is a hack - eventually this will receive Alexander's coded messages.
 	virtual void RegisterTransmission(int code);
+	
+	// Return the current pattern leg the plane is flying.
+	inline PatternLeg GetLeg() {return leg;}
 
 protected:
 	PlaneRec plane;
@@ -86,6 +96,8 @@ protected:
 
     void Bank(double angle);
     void LevelWings(void);
+	
+	PatternLeg leg;
 };
 
 #endif  // _FG_AI_PLANE_HXX