Originally Posted by
PilotBases
Yeah but that's another call to make during preflight when they could just put it on CPDLC. Same as "departure frequency see SID". Just lazy ATC. I am tired of the prevailing attitude within ATC these days that anything we request is a courtesy and they just have to do the bare minimum. The attitudes are horrendous.
the "departure frequency see SID" at least makes sense in places where it changes based on runway or direction.
but large airports should have the runway to expect in the clearance unless they plan to leave it up to us which one to pick. Or at least like Mecca does where the runway is based on the Sid and they give us that info