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Old 10th Nov 2013, 08:54
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mad_jock
 
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fis that's not the problem especially in INV.

The INV atis is off the VOR and depending on your direction of attack and level you can't actually get it until well inside its published DOC.

In this EASA world the paper work is king. You can blow a tyre out on the runway through no fault of the pilot and if the subsequent investigation finds out you haven't got all the wx boxes filled out that match what the ATIS is providing you will get your backside in a sling.

So sometimes you be at 30 miles doing 230 knts and still not got the atis out the way and recorded. If you are lucky you will just catch it as they start the met part and then you can dump it when you get the QNH and Code. If you catch it as they start grass cutting in progress, WIP at delta, WIP in approach lights, secondary radar/primary radar out of service, restricted area Fort George active the whole thing can go on for 60-90 seconds while your doing 3-4 Nm per min. At that point (25NM) you also usually get cleared down to an altitude anyway and the change to QNH triggers a altimeter cross checking procedure and approach checklists. So the whole thing becomes a bit of a flurry of activity with one crew member removing themselves from the team to collect the wx leaving the PF to single crew it during a busy phase of flight.
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