Whilst it is understandable that some parts of the NOTAMs may not be read in depth (particularly all the crap in the FIR that isn't within 100 miles of anywhere you're going to be, even if it all goes TU), it never fails to disappoint when on the very first call to ATC on the morning some plum embarasses themself by not even knowing what the NOTAMs are for their own base, like ATIS not broadcasting. Even more disappointing when said NOTAMs run to just 3 items.
"XXX tower, we can't get anything on the ATIS. IS there a problem?"
"Yes, the ATIS is u/s. It's on the NOTAMs"
"Oh"
Of 9 aircraft, we had a 33% failure rate this morning due plums.
