I wouldn't trust them either, after all it's them that tell you guys to taxi around with all those light's on pi$$ing everyone else off :D.

Anyway, back to the thread.....

The original intention was to advise the controller responsible for providing wake turbulence seperation for take off and landing.

On departure, that is the tower controller. On arrival, it is the approach controller.

But it seems to have morphed into something more complex. But that's the Australian way!!

Now for a bitta sanity.

Some time ago when ferrying an empty 744ER from Sydney to Melbourne, the F/O neglected to mention "Heavy" to the Tower approaching the holding point with traffic on about a 3 or 4 mile final.
A very Aussie accept replied "Qantas xxx are you heavy?" to which the F/O replied "ahh bugger, sorry forgot that."
TWR: "Nah Qantasxxx are you heavy?"
F/O: "No pretty light actually"
TWR: "In that case QFxxx clear for take-off."
Shortly after. "Yeah QFxxx ya must be light. Call Departures 1xx.x, Seeya"

Geezo Gunger
If it's not r/t procedures it's aircraft lights......we're just doing what we're told

"....you can tell the size of a man by the size of his problems....."

Gunger, you are boring. Ever heard of SOP's? We follow them at Qantas. For the 767 that means saying heavy when required by the AIP (not Jepp), and using our lights as told to by the company. :ugh:

Fair point Regit. It's a pretty pointless thread though.

Where's that bloody padlock, i know i left it laying around here somewhere.:confused:

Fly safe and play hard.

Regards Hoss 58