"What's your registration and origin?"
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From: 5° above the Equator, 75° left of Greenwich
"What's your registration and origin?"
Simple question (don't know if it happens everywhere though):
Why when landing at an airport ATC asks you what's your registration and point of departure? Doesn't repetitive flight plans include at least POD?
Thanks in advance
Escape Path
Why when landing at an airport ATC asks you what's your registration and point of departure? Doesn't repetitive flight plans include at least POD?
Thanks in advance
Escape Path
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From: In the rain
Repetitive flight plans don't exist in the part of the world I think you're referring to. The information you mention is included in the filed flight plan but it might not be available to the people in the tower - or maybe they just need to reconfirm it.
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From: Wildest Surrey
It could be that the ATC unit you're talking about has a computerised logging system where all the boxes need to be filled, and that whoever provides them with flight data doesn't give them everything that's on the FPL.
The system at my unit for instance, requires not only departure point, callsign and registration (if different) but POB too.
The system at my unit for instance, requires not only departure point, callsign and registration (if different) but POB too.
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From: 5° above the Equator, 75° left of Greenwich
babotika
Repetitive flight plans don't exist in the part of the world I think you're referring to. The information you mention is included in the filed flight plan but it might not be available to the people in the tower - or maybe they just need to reconfirm it.
BTW, why is it necessary for ATC to know the registration of an airplane operating regular scheduled flights? Maybe just in case things go south?
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Escape Path
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From: Deepest darkest Inbredland....
Different aircraft are slightly different and some have a different weight. Landing fees are based on weight so they need to know how much to charge.
So it may be a 737 700 originally bought for one airline or a different one bought for another. Therefore a different weight.
So it may be a 737 700 originally bought for one airline or a different one bought for another. Therefore a different weight.
