Jim wrote:

Where did you get the notion that a "standard briefing" (whatever that is
and wherever defined in regulation) contains weather information.

Ha... why do I get the feeling that is this a piece of cheese attached
to a bar holding back a spring-powered hammer?

The pertinent regulation (91.103) requires INFORMATION; no mention is made of
"briefing".

I certainly agree and my intention was not to imply that that the
regulation requires a briefing. Instead I was envisioning how the
process might have been explained to a reporter.

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Peter