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Why don't airliners give PIREPS (pilot weather reports)? I'm out there
spending my time and money and not getting the service i'd like from
flight service and yet they want my PIREPS. Seems like this is just
another squeeze on GA to give and give and get nothing back. The only
reason i'd do it is to help other GA.

forecasters benefit more than anyone when i do it.

HH

[Larry Dighera]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:58:06 -0500, wrote in
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>Why don't airliners give PIREPS (pilot weather reports)?

What makes you think airline pilots don't give PIREPS?
http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/pireps/index.php

[Steven P. McNicoll]

> wrote in message
...
>
> Why don't airliners give PIREPS (pilot weather reports)? I'm out there
> spending my time and money and not getting the service i'd like from
> flight service and yet they want my PIREPS. Seems like this is just
> another squeeze on GA to give and give and get nothing back. The only
> reason i'd do it is to help other GA.
>
> forecasters benefit more than anyone when i do it.
>

Airline pilots do give PIREPs.

[ShawnD2112]

Sorry, but as a GA pilot, what exactly do you give to FSS for their service?

Shawn

> wrote in message
...
> Why don't airliners give PIREPS (pilot weather reports)? I'm out there
> spending my time and money and not getting the service i'd like from
> flight service and yet they want my PIREPS. Seems like this is just
> another squeeze on GA to give and give and get nothing back. The only
> reason i'd do it is to help other GA.
>
> forecasters benefit more than anyone when i do it.
>
> HH
>

[G.R. Patterson III]

wrote:
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> Why don't airliners give PIREPS (pilot weather reports)?

First off, they do. You don't get most of them because a report of what's
happening at the flight levels isn't going to do you any good at 3,000'.

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

[Scott D.]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:58:06 -0500, wrote:

>Why don't airliners give PIREPS (pilot weather reports)?


I see them all the time. If you log into DUATS or have other sources
for PIREP info, they are there if there are any. If you are calling a
briefer and ask for PIREP's, if they are not along your flight route
or not anywhere near your planned altitude, he is not going to give
them to you.

Scott D

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[Colin W Kingsbury]

I see airliner pireps on tops and ceilings pretty regularly.

> wrote in message
...
> Why don't airliners give PIREPS (pilot weather reports)? I'm out there
> spending my time and money and not getting the service i'd like from
> flight service and yet they want my PIREPS. Seems like this is just
> another squeeze on GA to give and give and get nothing back. The only
> reason i'd do it is to help other GA.
>
> forecasters benefit more than anyone when i do it.
>
> HH
>

[Withheld By Request]

They do.

Or at least I think that's where those frequently seen MD80, B737, B767,
etc. aircraft types are coming from. Not necessarily all from FL350, either.

Regards,
Withheld

> wrote in message
...
> Why don't airliners give PIREPS (pilot weather reports)? I'm out there
> spending my time and money and not getting the service i'd like from
> flight service and yet they want my PIREPS. Seems like this is just
> another squeeze on GA to give and give and get nothing back. The only
> reason i'd do it is to help other GA.
>
> forecasters benefit more than anyone when i do it.
>
> HH
>

[Dave]

They do..

And are posted on the NavCanada website... (in Canada)

In The USA , - the same...

Dave


On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:58:06 -0500, wrote:

>Why don't airliners give PIREPS (pilot weather reports)? I'm out there
>spending my time and money and not getting the service i'd like from
>flight service and yet they want my PIREPS. Seems like this is just
>another squeeze on GA to give and give and get nothing back. The only
>reason i'd do it is to help other GA.
>
>forecasters benefit more than anyone when i do it.
>
>HH

[Matt Barrow]

"Colin W Kingsbury" > wrote in message
ink.net...
> I see airliner pireps on tops and ceilings pretty regularly.

IIRC, many airline flight departments get them from the flight crews and
then the reports are passed on as PIREPS.

I also recall that some airlines are specially "charged" with providing
regular reports particularly Winds Aloft.

> > wrote in message
> ...
> > Why don't airliners give PIREPS (pilot weather reports)? I'm out there
> > spending my time and money and not getting the service i'd like from
> > flight service and yet they want my PIREPS. Seems like this is just
> > another squeeze on GA to give and give and get nothing back. The only
> > reason i'd do it is to help other GA.
> >
> > forecasters benefit more than anyone when i do it.
> >
> > HH
> >
>
>
>

[Nathan Young]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:58:06 -0500, wrote:

>Why don't airliners give PIREPS (pilot weather reports)?

Airliners give Pireps frequently, especially turb and icing related
ones. There is a Java applet on this link that allows you to scroll
over the PIREPS and get the text of the full PIREP (which shows
airliners listed in the TP field relatively often)

http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/pireps/