Twenty minutes in the queue awaiting the new and improved FSS
Two weeks ago, while getting a briefing for a flight from Indiana (BAK)-
Minnesota (FCM), the briefer declared "No TFRs along your route of flight."
Fortunately, I had flown a wandering route down there a few days earlier and
was well briefed on the Blue Angels airshow in LaCrosse. I might have
flown right over it. I was getting a briefing from the farm, rotary dial
telephone, no computer. Either the software is still cumbersome (several
briefers seemed frustrated to assemble the requisite information) or the
lack of geographical knowledge at a centralized provider compromised the
quality. I logged a complaint with Lockheed Martin on their web site.
Lets be careful out there.
Todd
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