"Judah" wrote in message
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No, but it can prevent you from having your altimeter set incorrectly so
that you fly into the water when you think you are 500' above it...


So can listening to an ATIS or ASOS/AWOS broadcast. Flight following would
not have prevented this accident.

Are you saying that JFK Jr's altimeter was improperly set? If so, what is
your evidence?