The flight service person has more experience in weather than I ever will.
Although I prefer to look at the graphics received over the net, the FSS
personal are a great suppliment. If the weather is at all questionable, my
last question to the FSS person is "If I get in trouble, what is the best
direction to head?". There knowledge is just another assest in my planning
and safety.


"McGregor" wrote in message
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I get my pre-flight briefings from:
*) weathertap - RadarLab, area outlook, tafs, progs
*) ADDS - flightpath tool for AIRMETS & winds aloft along the route
*) FlightStar - to tell me how long it'll take, print nice-looking flight
plans, plan fuel stops, etc.

Then I call flight service and listen to the guy/girl give me this wildly
generalized briefing that usually doesn't tell me very much.

Last time I was in a flight service station (2000 I think) they were still
using IBM CRTs with textual info, so I don't know how they can give anyone
a
very precise route briefing.

So... is FSS just there to a) cover your ass in case of an incident
("pilot
called FSS and got a full weather briefing prior to departing into known
icing/TFR/hurricane etc.") b) accept flight plans?