Originally Posted by
deefer dog
It is astonishing that a change of such magnitude would not be advertised, promulgated or posted far and wide before implementation.
Yes of course we should check entries for validity etc etc, but by failing to tell operators of such a drastic change is tantamount to negligence, and surely served to line up 90% of the holes in advance of three incidents. (Three instances AT LEAST so far, probably more.)
PS. They should make the volmet announcement more clear also. We had to listen to it four times before understanding it.
As PJ pointed out, this naming convention has existed for years. That does not make it any better though. Last year I had a new F/O that punched in
N6310 (which is N6330W010) instead of 6310N. It was caught though and an embarrasment (or worse) avoided.
Volmet? Not used those in years, but that would be very subject to HF conditions. How do you suggest to improve those? ACARS is the biggest improvement.