Surely another purpose of confirming the QNH is that you or your oppo hasn't been a muppet and copied down QFE instead - then it can make a difference.
Does anyone still use QFE? Even American Airlines gave up on it after a couple of near crashes a while back. Why is it still on the ATIS at all?
411A You are right, our methods are pedantic but for a reason.
Well, the reason that's been given to me in the past by one of my Brit friends is that it comes from the nautical tradition of making navigation procedures so complex that the enlisted men couldn't understand them and mutiny. After flying a few UK SID's, I don't think he was joking.