Originally Posted by
SilkySmooth
OK, guys, I'm trying to be serious
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Why do Delta pilots routinely ask for a wind check? Is it a procedural requirement? Does it have to do with the particular aircraft you're flying? Perhaps some type of limitational requirement? Is it just an old military habit? The rest of us smile every time you guys as for a "wind check," but if there's a good reason, I'd be curious to hear what it is. Enlighten me!
What type of plane do you fly? Do you have any procedural wind or gust additives?
You want to when or why I would ask for a windcheck?
When my navigational display shows a 15 knot tailwind on final yet tower is calling 10 knots headwind down the runway ---- or the ATIS I just received called winds 30018G26 (for example this morning in Austin) but tower said 300/9 cleared to land --- I become very suspicious of what they tell me.