On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:57:03 -0400, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN"
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote:

Larry Dighera wrote:
Was the Citation pilot's pedantic request appropriate? Must
controllers prepend a "zero" to single-digit wind speeds?


I'd say both were appropriate. The AC asked; the controller answered; the AC
wasn't sure whether he heard "four" or "forty" (although it should have been
painfully obvious), and so the controller clarified his original answer.


I agree with you about the appropriateness of querying the controller
if there is any question, but in this case, if you had heard the
rather flip pilot and resignation of the controller, it would be
pretty apparent that his question wasn't about a misunderstanding.
This is borne out somewhat by the fact that the controller failed to
respond to the pilot's initial question.