[Yosemitest]

Okay "ye who knows very little", here's your reference to Center's altimeter setting usage from the AIM 3/7/13:

Paragraph 7-2-2. Procedures The cruising altitude or flight level of aircraft must be maintained by reference to an altimeter which must be set, when operating:
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b. At or above 18,000 feet MSL. To 29.92 inches of mercury (standard setting).
The lowest usable flight level is determined by the atmospheric pressure in the area of operation as shown in TBL 7-2-1.

[SgtBob]

I can read the AIM...quite familiar with it, I am. What bearing does that have? The aircraft was NOT at FL180 when it hit the ground. Class A doesn’t start at the ground.

Center routinely gives me the current ATIS, ASOS info for the closest airport, and the only time I was given an altimeter setting of 29.92 is when that was the pressure....I don’t hit the FLs

Were they trying to sneak in? Did Center not hand them off to approach, or departure? Did they get cleared to land WITHOUT THE CURRENT ATIS???