Message-ID: <366FDF38.2EC0@ibm.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 08:48:24 -0600
From: Snowbird <snbird@ibm.net>
Reply-To: snbird@ibm.net
X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Newsgroups: rec.aviation.student
Subject: Re: Flight Following/Filing Flight Plan
References: <366E8AD7.5068@ibm.net> <19981210094855.29436.00000454@ng139.aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
NNTP-Posting-Host: 166.72.212.93
X-Trace: 11 Dec 1998 01:33:53 GMT, 166.72.212.93
Organization: IBM.NET
Lines: 19
X-Notice: Items posted that violate the IBM.NET Acceptable Use Policy
X-Notice: should be reported to postmaster@ibm.net
X-Complaints-To: postmaster@ibm.net
Path: news.jprc.com!newsfeed.sgi.net!cyclone.news.idirect.com!island.idirect.com!newsm.ibm.net!ibm.net!news1.ibm.net!166.72.212.93
Xref: news.jprc.com rec.aviation.student:41622

HLAviation wrote:
> 
> >Pilot reports are great--very helpful to other pilots.  You file
> >them with flight service (if you're getting flight following,
> >"request off frequency to flight service").
> 
> ATC will also happily take your pirep.

IME, pireps given to ATC will often not make it into the FSS
system.  I've heard the same from other pilots.

Makes sense, recalling that ATC and FSS are separate organizations
in separate locations, and ATC has to take time to pick up the
phone and call FSS in order to get the pirep you give them into
the system.

Snowbird


