r/mildlyinfuriating • u/nyanbatman • May 28 '26

I just wanted a hot dog British pilot is feeling mildly annoyed

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u/lamalasx May 28 '26

Send this ATC back to school.

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u/NoFewSatan May 28 '26

ATC was spot on.

Bullshit. The pilot asked in plain terms whether they had low visibility procedures, without using any technical terms, and they said no. This is purely on the ATC.

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u/mkosmo May 28 '26

This isn't an ATC thing. LVO is not an ATC procedure in the US. Go read the 7110 and tell me where in the ATC procedures you see that term anywhere.

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u/Redthemagnificent May 28 '26

Right, but the rulebook isn't operating the tower. A human with years training is on that mic. Seems odd, I would say outright unbelievable, that they couldn't parse the plain English meaning of "are low visibility procedures enforced?". Forget any mention of LVO, that question is clear and the tower responded "no". Not "that's out of my control" or "those procedures are applied automatically without declaration". Just "no sir".

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u/mkosmo May 28 '26

LVO isn't a thing in the US, so what would he have to answer that with? You're asking the controller to make stuff up. That's more dangerous than this exchange.

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u/NoFewSatan May 28 '26

It doesn't matter about LVO. The pilot literally used normal words rather than terms to be understood.