Dan.. I agree.. I learned in the Northeast..
have flown a lot in the mid west.. if you can't fly in a crosswind.. you'll
never fly..
And in the desert southwest.. there is almost most always mechanical or
thermal turbulence.

BT


Always do.

If you've been flying long enough you soon learn to winnow out more
reliable forecast data from more speculative. Winds aloft and AIRMETS
often lean towards the latter.

If you don't fly anytime there's an AIRMET, I feel sorry for you if
you're a pilot n the Northeast..

Dan