Roy
July 10th 03, 02:50 AM
Light aircraft or Recreational flying are going to be around for ever.
Have found some ultra big ego 777 pilots who don't think they need weather
observations for safe flying.. Some of these big headed
pilots seem to think that only large aircraft have the
right to fly at major airports, and it appears that they
think they can fly safely without proper accurate weather
observations..
The US Military and most foreign nations will not land at
an airport without a manned Weather Observer backing up
the faulty computerized Weather Observations that ASOS
(automated surface observation system) puts out.
Pilots have not been serviced like it was in the 1940s through
the 1970s. With the demise of several dozen Flight Service
Stations, manned Weather Observations, etc..
It is time to stop the removal of service for pilots...write
your Senator or Congressman and demand accurate weather
observations from a manned weather office at the airport,
or at least human augmentation of ASOS (automated weather
observations).
The ASOS sensor is often at one end of an airport and can't see
a low deck of clouds coming in at the other end of the runway.
ASOS systems are likely to fail frequently, leaving the pilot
to fly by the seat of his or her pants.
The FEW, SCT, BKN, OVC values are often not accurte because the
sensor has inherent problems. The Freezing Precipitation sensor
has inherent problems and often fails to report Freezing
Precipitation.
The lightning sensor is often not working, or not working
properly.
White flies, spider webs, dust or airborn seeds can be reported
as Snow, and the list of errors continues.
No amount of money can make a safe automated weather observing
system. Several tens of millions of dollars have been spent
to make ASOS work better, but to no avail. It is impossible to
make machines see like the human eye.
Have found some ultra big ego 777 pilots who don't think they need weather
observations for safe flying.. Some of these big headed
pilots seem to think that only large aircraft have the
right to fly at major airports, and it appears that they
think they can fly safely without proper accurate weather
observations..
The US Military and most foreign nations will not land at
an airport without a manned Weather Observer backing up
the faulty computerized Weather Observations that ASOS
(automated surface observation system) puts out.
Pilots have not been serviced like it was in the 1940s through
the 1970s. With the demise of several dozen Flight Service
Stations, manned Weather Observations, etc..
It is time to stop the removal of service for pilots...write
your Senator or Congressman and demand accurate weather
observations from a manned weather office at the airport,
or at least human augmentation of ASOS (automated weather
observations).
The ASOS sensor is often at one end of an airport and can't see
a low deck of clouds coming in at the other end of the runway.
ASOS systems are likely to fail frequently, leaving the pilot
to fly by the seat of his or her pants.
The FEW, SCT, BKN, OVC values are often not accurte because the
sensor has inherent problems. The Freezing Precipitation sensor
has inherent problems and often fails to report Freezing
Precipitation.
The lightning sensor is often not working, or not working
properly.
White flies, spider webs, dust or airborn seeds can be reported
as Snow, and the list of errors continues.
No amount of money can make a safe automated weather observing
system. Several tens of millions of dollars have been spent
to make ASOS work better, but to no avail. It is impossible to
make machines see like the human eye.