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AFSS response time
Has anyone else noticed that the time you're on hold to talk to a briefer is
getting longer and longer? I noticed this about a year ago when I still lived in Florida and thought it was just a local problem. Now I live in Virginia and they have the same problem here. It used to be you could get a human on the phone in a minute or so. Now it is taking about 5 to 10. Is this how the FAA is trying to kill the FSS system? They have made no bones about wanting to reduce the coast of the FSS system. |
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[it took forever to get a briefer] when I still lived in Florida [...] Now I live in Virginia and they have the same problem here. [...] They have made no bones about wanting to reduce the coast of the FSS system. Go further inland. (sorry, couldn't resist. Jose -- (for Email, make the obvious changes in my address) |
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ink.net... Has anyone else noticed that the time you're on hold to talk to a briefer is getting longer and longer? I noticed this about a year ago when I still lived in Florida and thought it was just a local problem. Now I live in Virginia and they have the same problem here. It used to be you could get a human on the phone in a minute or so. Now it is taking about 5 to 10. Is this how the FAA is trying to kill the FSS system? They have made no bones about wanting to reduce the coast of the FSS system. I generally do my Instrument training in the morning (6 or 7 am). I have only once gone directly through to a briefer, but generally my wait on hold has been no more than say 5 minutes or so, hasn't been a problem. -- Louis L. Perley III N46000 - C152 N370 - PA-23-250 |
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I live in Southern NV.. our 1-800 WX Brief gets us the Reno FSS.. option 1,
speak to briefer.. takes about 1 min or less on average to get a briefer... but this afternoon it did take more time.. but still less than one minute. BT " wrote in message ink.net... Has anyone else noticed that the time you're on hold to talk to a briefer is getting longer and longer? I noticed this about a year ago when I still lived in Florida and thought it was just a local problem. Now I live in Virginia and they have the same problem here. It used to be you could get a human on the phone in a minute or so. Now it is taking about 5 to 10. Is this how the FAA is trying to kill the FSS system? They have made no bones about wanting to reduce the coast of the FSS system. |
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Up in Boston I usually get Bridgeport and occasionally Burlington or Bangor.
I've never held more than a minute or so and usually get a briefer within 15 seconds of pressing 1. Due to TFRs etc. I call for a live briefing before any flight beyond the local area, VFR or IFR, and have never had a problem getting through. -cwk. |
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We use Leesburg VA AFSS, and the hold times have been awful. They claim
staffing shortages, but ADIZ doesn't help matters. " wrote in message ink.net... Has anyone else noticed that the time you're on hold to talk to a briefer is getting longer and longer? I noticed this about a year ago when I still lived in Florida and thought it was just a local problem. Now I live in Virginia and they have the same problem here. It used to be you could get a human on the phone in a minute or so. Now it is taking about 5 to 10. Is this how the FAA is trying to kill the FSS system? They have made no bones about wanting to reduce the coast of the FSS system. |
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The impostion of TFR's has been a boon to the AFSS system.
Whereas in the past, pilots used to just do a DUAT's brief, the creation of the rolling TFR has made the AFSS brief the best protection you can get. It's recorded so you can replay exactly what you were briefed. wrote: Has anyone else noticed that the time you're on hold to talk to a briefer is getting longer and longer? I noticed this about a year ago when I still lived in Florida and thought it was just a local problem. Now I live in Virginia and they have the same problem here. It used to be you could get a human on the phone in a minute or so. Now it is taking about 5 to 10. Is this how the FAA is trying to kill the FSS system? They have made no bones about wanting to reduce the coast of the FSS system. |
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 22:56:48 GMT, "
wrote in . net:: Has anyone else noticed that the time you're on hold to talk to a briefer is getting longer and longer? I've noticed that the wait time for a briefer is directly proportional to the severity of the local weather. On clear days, the wait for a briefer to answer is about 10 seconds maximum. Poor weather can increase the wait time to 5 minutes. This is with Hawthorne FSS in the Los Angeles area. |
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Ditto for the Kankakee (Illinois) FSS. Option 1 for a briefer,
usually available in under 1 minute. -Nathan On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 20:42:19 -0700, "BTIZ" wrote: I live in Southern NV.. our 1-800 WX Brief gets us the Reno FSS.. option 1, speak to briefer.. takes about 1 min or less on average to get a briefer... but this afternoon it did take more time.. but still less than one minute. BT " wrote in message link.net... Has anyone else noticed that the time you're on hold to talk to a briefer is getting longer and longer? I noticed this about a year ago when I still lived in Florida and thought it was just a local problem. Now I live in Virginia and they have the same problem here. It used to be you could get a human on the phone in a minute or so. Now it is taking about 5 to 10. Is this how the FAA is trying to kill the FSS system? They have made no bones about wanting to reduce the coast of the FSS system. |
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Ft Worth AFSS always seems to go right through. I think the max I've ever
waited was about 1 minute. Of course, as others noted, I'm VFR only so I don't test the system on bad weather days. I'll also second what the others say about checking for TFRs. Regardless of how much preflight information I get off the computer/DUAT/etc., I always call AFSS, even on short hops, just so that I have a record of checking on NOTAMs. Carl " wrote in message ink.net... Has anyone else noticed that the time you're on hold to talk to a briefer is getting longer and longer? I noticed this about a year ago when I still lived in Florida and thought it was just a local problem. Now I live in Virginia and they have the same problem here. It used to be you could get a human on the phone in a minute or so. Now it is taking about 5 to 10. Is this how the FAA is trying to kill the FSS system? They have made no bones about wanting to reduce the coast of the FSS system. |
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