Originally Posted by
Laker
Again...there are 4 things. Call sign, passing level, type, and ATIS. Read the ATIS next time you get it. It quite clearly states that you are required to report receiving information "x,y,z" on first contact with control.
Are you a bit pedantic Laker?! Is this your 'thing' you like to inform us all 'for your benefit mate?'
I see your point on the ATIS but it's not stated in the AOI, and the controllers tend to say the ATIS letter back to you regardless of whether you told them it or not, along with the runway in use for some reason after you check in. Yet more unnessacary RT. The ATIS letter on arrival obsession I've only seen in Aus and the US, in Europe it's seldom asked for.. Ready to be shot down, glad we're keeping it big picture and not sweating the small stuff..