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Certainly on our route network (Europe) there is no requirement to tell ATC. It doesn't change anything for them, and therefore they're not interested. We used to do it, and would invariably be met by silence, then a confused 'Roger' and occasionally a 'LVP protections are not in place.' It may be different in other parts of the world of course
I am shocked how stupid pilots with the responsibility for hundreds of lives are.
@seen_the_box: Have you ever read about the SIA B777 ending off the runway in munich? They made an auto land on an CAT I ILS beam without telling ATC. So just as touching down the previous departing aircraft overflew the LOC antenna causing the localizer to bend. The B777 followed it and departed the runway.
Munich by the way is in the middle of europe.