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From: "Daniel A. Krantz" <dkrantz@dakran.com>
Subject: Re: Weather information (as in ATIS)
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Whenever I call for a briefing, the only they've ever asked me for was the
tail number, unless I'm filing a flight plan.  I know of at least one reason
they want the tail number: if you have an accident, part of the NTSB
investigation will center on weather conditions, and whether you received a
briefing.

Dan

Roy Smith wrote:

> ag7337@tagsys.com (Andrew Gideon) wrote:
> > Aside from calling my FBO, is there a way to learn of
> > the weather at my airport?
>
> Several.
>

<snip>

> Nope, that's exactly their job, but you have to know how to ask.  Try
> something like "This is Archer 25629, I'd like the current conditions at
> Caldwell".  They'll probably ask you a bunch of silly questions like
> departure time, altitude, aircraft type.  I call these silly because while
> they are required to collect that information, none of it changes the
> current conditions at Caldwell, which is what you asked for, and what they
> will give you after you finish playing 20 questions with them.
>
> Sometimes at an FBO, you will have made a reservation for a plane, but
> don't yet know which tail number you'll get when you show up.  One
> solution to that is to tell them "I don't know the tail number yet, but my
> name is Roy Smith".  That satisfies them.  I find it simplier, however, to
> just use any likely tail number and don't worry about it.  It subverts the
> process a bit, but given how silly the process is, I don't worry about it
> much.
>
> > I suppose that, once I can actually fly well enough that
> > I'm learning about things like flight planning, I'll cover
> > a lot of this "information gathering" information.  But
> > it would help to know at least a little now.



