Originally Posted by West Coast
"But why do I have to tell for example Salt Lake Centre (Upper airspace) every single transmission in cruise flght(!) that i'm heavy?"
Very relevant in the RVSM world if your flying something smaller than the whale. I don't care what documents say what, 1000 ft below a heavy and you stand a chance of a wake encounter. I know from recent experience.
I dont know... heavy here and heavy there... people stop taking notice when its heavy all the time and really when you are passing below someone most of the time you have no clue who it is even if said airplane calls heavy every other second.
It common knowledge that even a medium can create problems if you pass thru his wake at higher levels... so imho the heavy call can go.
duece