really?
Station level pressure is QFE pal. Always has been and always will be.
If you want above MSL then use the term QNH.
He used the term "local station setting" to which I see him meaning QFE
Now if he means local QNH, then the answer is different, and there would have been absolutely no point mentioning elevation of the ground or the pressure setting would there Mr expert.( apart from injecting a red herring )