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who uses FSS?
I get my pre-flight briefings from:
*) weathertap - RadarLab, area outlook, tafs, progs *) ADDS - flightpath tool for AIRMETS & winds aloft along the route *) FlightStar - to tell me how long it'll take, print nice-looking flight plans, plan fuel stops, etc. Then I call flight service and listen to the guy/girl give me this wildly generalized briefing that usually doesn't tell me very much. Last time I was in a flight service station (2000 I think) they were still using IBM CRTs with textual info, so I don't know how they can give anyone a very precise route briefing. So... is FSS just there to a) cover your ass in case of an incident ("pilot called FSS and got a full weather briefing prior to departing into known icing/TFR/hurricane etc.") b) accept flight plans? |
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