Originally Posted by
Maoraigh1
I get Inverness QNH on taxi. I get Orkney and Portree QNH on leaving frequency. Lossie give me Lossie QFE though I'm not entering their MATZ. On return I get Inverness QFE. No problem in practice. I just set whatever the ATC I'm working tells me to.
But the OP had an exam question: What is the Altimeter Setting, and "Whatever ATC tell you to use" wasn't an option.
Do Inverness actually offer you the QFE or do you ask for it?
CAA policy is that the 'normal' setting to be used is actual airfield QNH with QFE available 'on request'.