ACARS - Oceanic Clearance
New oceanic procedures have come into force allowing aircraft on the ground in the Scottish FIR to obtain their clearance via ACARS. The last a/c I worked had ACARS (it said so on their FPL) but he had no idea how to get his clearance via it.
Could some overpaid captain (first officer will do!) explain to a poor overworked, underpaid, over stressed, got too many kids, lowly ATCO what it ACARS and how you obtain the clearance via it.
Surface Wind
P.S. If you were the Transat pilot the other day at BFS I hope you took no offence at my comments, I was only joking, honest!!!