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Old 1st Jun 2010, 21:30
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NephewBob
 
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ATC paperwork

When landing in South India, Tower will ask for 'registration' (I suppose for Landing fee invoice), sometimes even on the landing roll, with speed brake & reverse configuration.

Of course all this information is available on the filed flight plan, including PIC name, and I often suggest that the ATIS request this on first contact, if really necessary.....but then again maybe I have been talking to myself.

By the way, receipt of ATIS code to TRACON or Tower seems to be optional in India as well as many other places by Indian pilots, (to be fair by too many other airlines in the Arabian gulf as well for instance)

In the event of a missed approach, (done my fair share in the monsoon seasons, although maybe elevated heart rate, have never been intimidated, control wise by ATC), ....on the subsequent landing, the tower asks for the Captain's name, and the reason for the missed approach which they presumably write down in a big register.

I have always given the same answer...."We couldn't see the runway"....
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