And they say the automated Weather Station problems "ASOS" are insignificant because only light aircraft need Weather Observations and forecasts...

G.R. Patterson III wrote:

Same here. I have never had an ASOS tell me that VFR flight was not
recommended because of the possibility of icing in clouds.

Or more annoying, "broken record" VFR flight not recommended at
you in lieu of a proper briefing because the wx 20 miles to the
south is bad

Sydney

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 05:26:27 GMT, Sydney Hoeltzli wrote:
G.R. Patterson III wrote:

Same here. I have never had an ASOS tell me that VFR flight was not
recommended because of the possibility of icing in clouds.

Or more annoying, "broken record" VFR flight not recommended at
you in lieu of a proper briefing because the wx 20 miles to the
south is bad

An advantage of getting IFR briefings? Last briefing I got, it seemed
like the briefer badly wanted to say "IFR not recommended". Thing is,
she was right. I opted to wait and see, but it was a lost cause that
day.

Morris (still here to fly again another day)

In the bad old days, before pilots were banned from atc centers, I have sat
in there on a bad wx day and watched the frustration of the briefers as they
try to find a permissible way to discourage an, obviously, anxious to go
pilot from tangling with an embedded front with CB, hail, wind shear, and
microbursts...
Doing my usual schtick to get a reaction I said, let him go, what do you
care of he is too stupid to live?
The reply was - I can't turn the radio off and I 'have' to listen to him
scream and beg as he is going down...

I didn't have a smart aleck answer for that......

Denny

"journeyman" wrote in message
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On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 05:26:27 GMT, Sydney Hoeltzli
wrote:
G.R. Patterson III wrote:

Same here. I have never had an ASOS tell me that VFR flight was not
recommended because of the possibility of icing in clouds.