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Air carrier preparing for departure from bos noted a discrepancy between the ATIS weather information and the conditions being experienced; i.e. Snow vs. Rain; ATC indicating any lack of over-ride capability to revise/update the automated ATIS information.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 875747 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201002 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | BOS.Airport |
| State Reference | MA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 225 Flight Crew Total 13564 Flight Crew Type 3451 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Upon arriving at the aircraft I noticed the weather had turned to snow and it developed into a fairly strong snow fall with a restriction to visibility being observed. We checked ATIS several times and noticed it never reported the snow. As timely and accurate information is critical to safe flight operations; we queried ATC as to the lack of an accurate ATIS report. He said that they can't control it; it is automated. I asked if it is obviously wrong; as it was now; can they over-ride it? He said no and really did not seem terribly interested in doing anything to correct this gross discrepancy. I am noticing that ATIS reports at a lot of airports do not reflect current conditions in any form of late.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier preparing for departure from BOS noted a discrepancy between the ATIS weather information and the conditions being experienced; i.e. snow vs. rain; ATC indicating any lack of over-ride capability to revise/update the automated ATIS information.
Narrative: Upon arriving at the aircraft I noticed the weather had turned to snow and it developed into a fairly strong snow fall with a restriction to visibility being observed. We checked ATIS several times and noticed it never reported the snow. As timely and accurate information is critical to safe flight operations; we queried ATC as to the lack of an accurate ATIS report. He said that they can't control it; it is automated. I asked if it is obviously wrong; as it was now; can they over-ride it? He said no and really did not seem terribly interested in doing anything to correct this gross discrepancy. I am noticing that ATIS reports at a lot of airports do not reflect current conditions in any form of late.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.