On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 05:35:59 -0700, Jay Honeck
wrote in .com:

http://www.afss.com/field/?sp=20070306
Newly hired flight service specialists are required to have an
aviation-related degree and/or aviation experience. Being a pilot
is preferred, but is not necessary.

This is a good thing that will (eventually) result in a VERY high
quality FSS crew, IMHO.

I applaud LockMart's aviation experience requirement for flight
service specialists, but you must remember that a significant number
of experienced personnel, familiar with local meteorological
phenomena, have been replaced by raw recruits. It will be a long time
(if ever) before they acquire the expertise of the old hands who
formerly manned the briefing lines.

How many times in the past did you talk to a
monotone 'crat without the slightest knowledge of (or care about)
actually performing the flight he was briefing?

Never.

Too many times, around here.

That's remarkable.