Digital ATIS
Digital Clearance
We press a couple of buttons on The ACARS system and get the ATIS or Departure clearance sent to the aircraft ACARS system to either view or normally for us we print it off. Saves time, is less prone to errors and is much safer because both pilots remai on the active frequency during the descent. We already receive all airport VOLMET reports by ACARS and have done for many years. With the DATIS we can set it to auto update and when conditions are marginal or their are airport facility issues it’s a very timely heads up. The Digital clearance speaks for its self, it keeps RT chatter down and is less prone to errors and it’s faster and more useful for us as only one pilot needs to present to request it but both can then read and check it.