As someone who believes was taught by my daddy when he taught me to
fly it is my responsibility to fly the airplane, not some schmuck on
the end of a telephone, I don't get caught up in who is working for
who at FSS...
I use DUATS and the nice lady at the Weather Channel... I call the
AWOS/ASOS along my route to spot check that things are what they are
supposed to be nice invention, those... I call the destination
airport to see how it looks on their end...
About the only time I call FSS is to file a flight plan or to clarify
something in the weather that I am not sure about... Basically, I can
get along without FSS, or even the FAA, as long as there is some sort
of ATC for handling IFR traffic... Now there is a thought - how about
we abolish the FAA for 5 years and then see how things are going
betcha they won't even be noticed as missing

denny