ATIS readbacks with a/c type and QNH. Why, when the ATIS includes everything that's generally pertinent does one have to read back the QNH...at ALL cost?? If the QNH is required then why not the dew point and the surface wind? Regulation is getting so massively out of hand but will someone just explain why this boll...s with QNH readback? My reluctance to do so the other night, just to make a point,(VHF broadcasts were intended to be short, concise and audible) even brought the SATCo on freq with a threat of refusing push...WTF?This only happens in the UK and mainly at LHR altho the neophites in Cranfiels appear to be groomed to accept all this nonsense. AND...I thought a/c type was on the computerised flight plan???but in the end, a heavy is a heavy and a medium a medium, whether it be a 737 and MD83 or a 744 and 340/6...? That said, good work otherwise LHR, altho better synchronisation between the post landing phase and allocation of bays would be nice..an hour at Link 36 with all turning kinda makes Copenhagen last year look a tadge ridiculous!
