Alaska Crashes Should Serve To Remind All Pilots That Mother Nature Is Always In Char

FlyCherokee wrote:
I wonder about the same thing with XM in-plane weather (apparently)
showing thunderstorm location in great detail. I could see some
pilots being drawn in too close, based on the data shown on their
screens, and then finding out too late that they are in the bad stuff.

Sirius/XM weather data is okay, but you have to remember that it is
always some 20 to 60 minutes behind reality.

Once you come to grips with that, everything about Sirius/XM weather
is just fine. It's a useful service. You can see general weather systems
across all of North America.

Now, if you have all that *AND* the privilege of being at 8000' and you
still can't see a weather system is about to smack you in the face then
I'm sorry, you deserve to have it kill you.

I did not read the original post but the pilot is always in
charge...or he should quit flying.

Ron Lee