Originally Posted by
morno
I have been and can assure you that you aren’t correct. Last time I went into LAX, “Descend via the XYZ STAR”.
Thanks for the technical correction. Yes that’s the call (it’s been a while since I went to the USA), my point remains though, they’d don’t then call you another 3-4 times to give you different altitude requirements because they’re designed into the STAR.
Why do we say “descend 9000 via the STAR” when there’s no height requirements on the chart?
We’ve already been cleared the STAR as part of the airways clearance, it’d be like requesting a level change in the cruise and ATC saying “cleared to climb FL300 via flight plan route”
Anyway, like I said, not particularly smart or efficient.