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Old 10th Jul 2013, 01:20
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Ando1Bar
 
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I heard a conversation one morning last year between ATC and a jet tracking to an airport with deteriorating weather. The ATCO asked the jet pilot if they had the latest weather (TAF & TTF), to which they replied 'no'. Later the pilot asked ATC why the weather hadn't been provided to them earlier. The reply was along the lines of "after 1 hour from departure, our policy is it becomes your company's responsibility to update the crew with forecasts".

Is this really policy at AsA? No saying it was a contributing factor in this incident, but could be in the future if something similar happens.
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