Oceancrosser:
I agree the convention has been in place for some time, but entering N6030 has for all that time flown me to 60N30W.
If it was suddenly decided to action the convention, would it not have been sensible to promulgate it? I think we are all agreed on that, and 11 GNE's in the first week surely endorses the sentiment.
How many reminders do we get about largely trivial matters such as 270 kts approaching the London TMA, endless repetitions of how to avoid level busts and runway incursions? A few people in a few authorities did not have their eyes on the ball, and frankly they were negligent in my opinion for not to highlighting the introduction date of, albeit, an old convention.
PS. Volmet was on VHF, and we were told to listen to it AFTER we had crossed the pond!
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