Doesn't DUATS offer "plane English" (tongue in cheek)? Being an old buzzard
I still read the abbreviated, even when I can get it faster than 134.5 baud
(a fast Teletype years ago).

Dave

"pgbnh" wrote in message
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There was a time (probably right before I passed my Instrumenr written)
when I was pretty good at being able to read the shorthand used for
weather conditions, FA's, and the like. There was also a time when using
shorthand made sense - days of slow teletypes, limited memory, etc.

But does it still make sense? Would it not make more sense, and possibly
save some lives, if ALL weather was made available in plain English. So I
would not have to guess at the abbreviations, and hope that I had gotten
it right?

There is a certain amount of 'IFR-macho' to being able to interpret this
stuff, but is it time for a change?