On Fri, 11 May 2007 16:56:58 -0400, "Peter R."
wrote:

This past week I spoke with a CFII out of Michigan who lamented that his and
his students hold times awaiting a live FSS briefer had significantly
increased to between 30 minutes to one hour. Coincidentally both AOPA and
Avweb had articles this week discussing the frustration of long hold times
many are experiencing.

Hey Peter,

Last time you posted, I commented that I had NEVER in 13 years of
flying waited more than 1 minute for the Kanakee FSS. Well, of course
that changed within a few days - specifically, the next time I went
flying. I held on the phone for 5 minutes, eventually hung up and
went flying in the local area.

I had previously checked my home PC for reports of NOTAMs and TFRs,
and the weather was CAVU, so the call to WX-BRIEF was for CYA
purposes.

I would be really ****ed if I was trying to get somewhere, especially
if I was IFR and needed a void time for a release. I suppose we can
write to the FAA to complain, and of course cc our good friends at
AOPA.

-Nathan