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0 pointsdylan6041y ago0 comments

It's should not be ATC's responsibility to call anyone with random checks for NOTAMs to issue. If you want a NOTAM, you call ATC.

At least, that's the only way it makes any kind of logical sense.

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IncreasePosts1y ago· 2 in thread

Please don't post about things you don't know anything about. The internet is muddled enough as it is.

dylan604OP1y ago

Um, akshually, I do know about this. I've launched balloons to 100,000', and part of the proper procedure for doing this is to notify ATC. Depending on the type of balloon and equipment, you might have to contact them multiple times during the course of the balloon's flight. At a minimum, it is at launch and once you have it on the ground again. I had to notify when our balloon was above controlled air space on ascent, and then again when it was descending and ETA on re-entering controlled air space. We were near an air force base, and ATC relayed our reports to them as well

IncreasePosts1y ago

Okay, but we're talking about flying airplanes. Literally everyone who has ever even remotely looked into flying airplanes in America will know that ATC asking you to copy down a number means "you messed up big time and are going to get lectured, chewed out, or worse".

L-four1y ago

Grandparent was a joke, when airplane pilots make a mistake. ATC gives them a number to call.

NooneAtAll31y ago

I guess you haven't been much in comment sections under ATC recordings channels, like VASAaviation and such

it's relatively common to see events where pilots mess up (to a dangerous degree), so ATC says "I have a number for you to call"

basic pattern recognition transforms it into a meme catchphrase for the fans for anyone who messes up

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