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Old 6th Jan 2010, 14:50
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Originally Posted by ShyTorque
The rules say pilots must acknowledge an altimeter setting whenever given by ATC.
Yes indeed, ST - but that isn't meant to apply when the QNH is embedded in the ATIS - otherwise we would be obliged to readback all runways, SSR codes, etc which also happened to be mentioned in the ATIS, wouldn't we ... ?

As I have said before, I'm happy to provide a readback if it is asked for - I am merely questioning it's usefulness in these circumstances.



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