Reporting on block
Hi,
To my knowledge some countries, such as Spain and Italy, seem to have a procedure as to always report on block/engine shutdown, in order for ATC to close the flightplan. Now, my questions are fairly straight forward.
Firstly, why is it that these procedures are implemented? Is it due to old technology, or due to bad experiences doing otherwise?
Secondly, I've done some brief research without sucess, but which countries (in Europe) still have this procedure? As I previously mentioned, I believe Spanish and Italian ATC expect you to report on block, and I think that Greek ATC for example, explicitly closes the flightplan upon vacating the runway. But are there other countries that do the same?
Anyway, I thought I'd just ask since I found this an interesting topic.
Thanks