stratobee
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This happens to me all the time:
Me: N12345 at parking/ramp, request taxi to fuel pits, negative ATIS.
ATC: Information Kilo is current, wind is blabla, visbility is blabla, ceiling is blabla, altimeter is blabla, Airmets, Highwas, on and on and on and on and btw you're clear to taxi to fuel pits.
Really?
Negative ATIS in conjunction with a request for a minor repositioning on the ground should in my mind be understood as: "Listen, I just want to taxi over to the pump, nothing in the ATIS is pertinent as I'm not going flying yet, but when I start up next time with the aim of going flying, I will not only check the current ATIS, I will report which one I've got".
It's commendable that they're trying to be helpful, but it's such a waste of everyone's time. Is this some kind of FAA decree?
Me: N12345 at parking/ramp, request taxi to fuel pits, negative ATIS.
ATC: Information Kilo is current, wind is blabla, visbility is blabla, ceiling is blabla, altimeter is blabla, Airmets, Highwas, on and on and on and on and btw you're clear to taxi to fuel pits.
Really?
Negative ATIS in conjunction with a request for a minor repositioning on the ground should in my mind be understood as: "Listen, I just want to taxi over to the pump, nothing in the ATIS is pertinent as I'm not going flying yet, but when I start up next time with the aim of going flying, I will not only check the current ATIS, I will report which one I've got".
It's commendable that they're trying to be helpful, but it's such a waste of everyone's time. Is this some kind of FAA decree?
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