joe, while i agree with you about IST ATC being a bit dodgy, let me clear a couple things up for you. The ATC know the braking action from their little pickup truck towing their friction meter behind it, however, that meter doesn't contact all points on the runway as does your 757/767 or maybe A320 don't know what you came in with if any of those at all. So, they still do it today, they ask the crews of different a/c what the braking action was like for them, so they can report it to other similar aircraft, i think it is a wise and clever thing to do, so im not so sure about your reaction when you posted that....