The remarks from posters above re the plethora of NOTAMs and quality of R/T indicate that nothing has changed in Italy since I retired... But never mind, the bureaucrats' backsides are well and truly covered, the resident operatives will all express astonishment at such an inexplicable error, and the embarrassed airline managers are unlikely to have the moral courage to support the crew concerned.
Hotel Tango, as a retired air-traffic controller you should know it is the responsibility of an air traffic service to assist all crews to the best of its ability. It should be obvious that a foreign crew is less likely to be au-fait with current WIP at a provincial airfield than one that is based there, or which has operated in and out earlier on its shift. RAT 5 is right. An alternative addition to the landing clearance might be: "...caution, runway zero-four right is closed." How busy is ATC at Pisa? And, by the way, there are only two strips at Pisa.
Last edited by Chris Scott; 31st Dec 2015 at 14:30.
Reason: Second para added.