The fact that FDC NOTAMS are not part of a standard briefing, and that
one has to ask a briefer for them, is an extremely important aspect of
instrument flying, and should be hammered into every sudent's head by
his instructor.

I too learned this the hard way, many years ago.. It should not have
been so. It is as basic as minimums on an approach, and very close to
being as important. Arriving at a destination and discovering that an
expected procedure is not authorized is more than inconvenient, it can
be a safety factor.

But instructors get so caught up in stupid stuff like making sure
their students can fly exactly one minute inbound legs in a holding
pattern, they often forget to mention the important things like FDC
notams..




On 23 Feb 2005 11:46:51 -0800, "gregscheetah"
wrote:


Ya,ya,ya,.....

A fact that any decent instructor should have covered with you during
your training.

This really helps the readers. While I'm sure you recall 100% of
everything you have ever heard, I usually require a little repetition
and practice in order to become proficient at anything.
Congratulations, and thanks for the pointer.

I was thinking that maybe there are others like me, who forgot that if
the FSS briefer tells you the ILS is in service, it may not actually be
in service. I thought maybe this thread would contribute to reminding
others that there are three sources of notams and that duats / fss does
not cover them all.

I can't wait to see what will happen when Lockheed takes over control
of the fss's.