Ed Sharkey wrote in
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On Mar 31, 10:14*am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
buttman wrote
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On Mar 29, 10:09*pm, Benjamin Dover wrote:
buttman wrote
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On Mar 28, 5:00*am, "Mike Gilmour"
wrote:

Listening to Boston ATC at various times the Tower controller
asks a fligh
t
if they 'have got their numbers" (?) or a flight will say
they're not read
y
to proceed because they "don't have their numbers".
What does this mean as it doesnt translate here in the UK?
TIA

I've always heard the phrase used when ATC asks or a pilot
responds regarding whether they have the information broadcasted
on a AWOS/ASOS frequency. When the tower is open, its an ATIS,
so theres a letter to go with it. If the tower is closed, or
there is no tower, its just a continuously updated recording of
numbers. Since you can't say "We have information Bravo", you
say "We have the numbers". At KBOS I doubt the tower closes, so
my guess is the controller is using this term as a colloquialism
for "ATIS information"

If the tower is closed, or there is no tower, who are you
communicating "the numbers" to? *And who cares?

The center/approach controllers aren't going to clear you for an
approach until you tell them you have the weather at the airport,
whether the tower is closed or not.

Good grief, you're a compleat.. ......... idiot.

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Well...

Good to know that the art of rational discourse is not yet dead in the
Land of the Free!

Guys, how does this sort of thing help promote the cause of GA flying?



I thought it was obvious.


Bertie