za9ra22, your comment is a thoughtful one, but if the AC crew listened to the ATIS, they would have known that a "visual anomaly" was in place, and they logically would have been concerned about it, and would have briefed about it. For all of you pilots out there, if it's any consolation to you, it's even more mind numbingly mundane to record an ATIS than it is to have to listen to them. Plus on every one you record (mine - and I did thousands - were all non-digital), you had to go back and listen to yourself drone through the whole thing each and every time for quality control. Much like a pilot boo boo, it's easy to make a mistake on an ATIS if you're tired or distracted . . .