Perhaps a bit more standardish phraseology might be useful.The conditions are X,Y,Z what are your intentions,or do you wish to depart.ATC's job in HK and here in the UK is to report the facts to the pilot.If they want to depart,then as long as there are no traffic reasons then we let them depart.Some airlines are more conservative than others.Here we have different types of severe weather,bad fog,snow and ice,as well as thunderstorms and we tell the pilots what the conditions are.If you don't want to go or conditions are outside your limits,then wait.
Last edited by throw a dyce; 1st July 2007 at 16:32.