Tue Jun 07, 2016 9:31 am
#1461043
There doesn't seem to be any responsibility on a pilot to send a DEP message, only to file. The AIP says:
You just need to make sure that the departure time is passed to the parent. Your departure field can do this by telephone, surely?
London Information will activate an FPL, that must be the easiest way, make your call when airborne.
If there is no ATSU at the departure aerodrome, or the ATSU is not connected to the AFTN, the pilot must ensure that the departure time is passed to the Parent AFTN Unit for onward transmission
You just need to make sure that the departure time is passed to the parent. Your departure field can do this by telephone, surely?
London Information will activate an FPL, that must be the easiest way, make your call when airborne.