"Danny Deger" wrote in message
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Anyone else had a similar issue with a briefer not doing his job because
he/she thought you shouldn't fly that day.

Danny Deger

Just like everyone else, briefers have good and bad days. My worst
experience with a briefer was my first trip (100 hour pilot) into Oshkosh
for the EAA convention. I'd already called operations at Oshkosh that
morning to verify that parking was available for GA aircraft, and the answer
was yep, plenty of parking was available.

Of course, the briefer hadn't had that conversation and when I asked for a
brief into OSH, he told me I couldn't go there, the field was full. I
explained the situation and his response was "Oh, so you think you know more
than I do...?".

As a 100 hour pilot I was somewhat intimidated, but flew into Oshkosh
anyway, got an excellent parking spot in the North 40, and had a great time.
Today, I'd ask for the guy's supervisor.

More on topic, I think the standard briefer boilerplate is to tell you why
you shouldn't fly, not that if you're smart, you should be OK. I've made
many flights in weather where the brief was "VFR not recommended", but all
you had to do was look outside the window and steer clear of the nasty
stuff. Alternately, if the nasty stuff gets too close together, landing is
always an option. Been there, done that too.

KB