Question for airline pilots

[Omdahl]

Originally Posted by UPSpilot

"Wind Check"

Speaking of wind check, there is no need to say "hey tower, this is XXX, can we get a wind check yadda yadda yadda" Just say "WIND CHECK", I don't care who you are, what your dogs name is, if you have plans after you land, it's amazing how some pilots love to give way to much information....haha, ok I'm being a little drastic. I'm mostly speaking of private pilots, not so much airlines.

[killbilly]

Originally Posted by Omdahl

Speaking of wind check, there is no need to say "hey tower, this is XXX, can we get a wind check yadda yadda yadda" Just say "WIND CHECK", I don't care who you are, what your dogs name is, if you have plans after you land, it's amazing how some pilots love to give way to much information....haha, ok I'm being a little drastic. I'm mostly speaking of private pilots, not so much airlines.

I'm guilty of this.

As a newbie, I was taught "Tell em who you are, where you are, what you want."

Sometimes that stuff unnecessarily bleeds over. I don't tell em' where I am when I'm in the pattern, but I do usually tell em' who I am just out of habit.

And I'm STILL a newbie. And will be for quite some time.

[Chet Kelly]

Windcheck. I just pay attention to the what the airplane wants to do and correct accordingly. i.e., the wind is either from the left or the right. It's not rocket science.

[UPSpilot]

I just look at my INS' wind readout. It's the most accurate reading there is.

[adreamer]

On the flip side, Controller got too busy and forgot to issue the landing clearance(one is getting off highspeed, 2 are crossing at different taxiways) while we are 300 feet AGL and getting ready to go around

[crashmbern]

Wind Check