Originally Posted by
FGD135
Another ripper.
I would like to call the tower one day, and say "partially ready". That would, in one fell swoop, demonstrate the stupidity of the "fully ready".
Don't get me started on the "request traffic". Or the "request squawk code".
That’d be all very correct if airports like Heathrow (or Hong Kong, something with an ‘H’) didn’t insist on a “fully ready” call....
Maybe it starts at the top?