Originally Posted by
Mooncrest
Some years ago at Leeds Bradford I overheard an exchange between ATC and the crew of a Spanair A320. The latter had requested a ready message, even though the aircraft still had forward steps attached and baggage was still being loaded. These factors were obvious to ATC and the TWR controller refused to send the ready message, and pointed out to the Spanair crew that declaring readiness when evidently not ready defeated the object of sending such a message !
About as annoying as aircraft requesting push and start when they don't have a tug attached or airbridge removed... Particularly when they are on the stand next door, we also want push and start and they then delay us by 10 minutes. I may have mentioned this to ATC at the time.