Vector4fun
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It's possible that OUN Tower may not actually be able to automatically approve your SVFR anyway. Depends on how their LOA with OKC Approach is written. In many cases, the overlying Approach Control would have to approve the operation. That would normally be transparent to the pilot however. And OUN Tower may not know of any IFR arrivals more than a few minutes before they get there. Again, I don't know, just depends on their LOA and equipment.
Nevertheless, there's no reason the controller should chew you out for asking a question on the phone. By all means call the Manager and ask him the question, and ask why you got abused. If the crank is just tired of college students, perhaps he ought to find a different facility. Ardmore perhaps?
It's possible that OUN Tower may not actually be able to automatically approve your SVFR anyway. Depends on how their LOA with OKC Approach is written. In many cases, the overlying Approach Control would have to approve the operation. That would normally be transparent to the pilot however. And OUN Tower may not know of any IFR arrivals more than a few minutes before they get there. Again, I don't know, just depends on their LOA and equipment.
Nevertheless, there's no reason the controller should chew you out for asking a question on the phone. By all means call the Manager and ask him the question, and ask why you got abused. If the crank is just tired of college students, perhaps he ought to find a different facility. Ardmore perhaps?
