ATC

buttman wrote in
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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.


Bertie