I haven't heard anything about this but I'm an approach controller. Perhaps an enroute controllers knows something.I've read that there's a late August memo floating around that requires pilots to confirm they have the latest NOTAMs (must contact FSS enroute, getting the before departure doesn't count) before ATC will issue an approach clearance.
Any truth to this?
Cancel ifr.I'd like to get my hands on that memo. Apparently, we've had 2 pilots denied approach clearances until they call FSS for the latest. I think one was out in Potomac's airspace.
That....is dumb.We just got briefed this past week on this. Yes, it's true. In my center to be covered if something happens, we have two options - either read all the notams on frequency to you or tell you to call flight service for the notams. It happened to me today, a guy checked on and stated he had the wx and notams and was requesting the visual, and I had to say, "Roger, contact flight services for the notams." It was a bit ridiculous, and I did explain it was the new rule, but still...
This is indeed crazy. I wonder if this is only required at airports where center is providing radar services in a terminal environmentDo you realize how time consuming that is going to be for pilots if they have to contact FSS? If there's ten NOTAMs and the pilot has already read them, they get to listen to FSS read them all out anyway and try to pick out if there's one they didn't know about. No, you can't tell FSS not to read you certain NOTAMs, they have to read you all of them. Putting too much work on the pilots during busy times.
Can you imagine asking foreign carriers to dial up lockmart FSS?This is indeed crazy. I wonder if this is only required at airports where center is providing radar services in a terminal environment
Are 121 operations subject to this as well?
I did have this the other day.Nobody's asked me if I've gotten notams enroute
Only time it's ever been mentioned is, "do you have the weather and notams at KXYZ?" but that's nothing recent
Is that like the prank-call videos on YouTube?Can you imagine asking foreign carriers to dial up lockmart FSS?