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???
"Did Center not hand them off to approach, or departure?
Did they get cleared to land WITHOUT THE CURRENT ATIS??? "
Was
Birmingham TRACON manned 24 hours a day, or did it not open until 06:00AM ?
Where the local Birmingham Airport Altimeter is transmitted from is normally from the
ATIS.
If the pilot doesn't give the proper ATIS Code to the controller, the controller has to issue the pilot the current landing information, which includes the current Altimeter,
that the pilot uses in his transponder to give him his local altitude data, which the aircraft transmits back to the radar scope, D-Brite, and to flightaware.com.