Lockheed FSS opinions
Well, I fly a bit, if 28 hours in the last 5 weeks is a bit.. I flew
2.9 hours Saturday across Lake Huron into the UP of Michigan and
another 3.1 on Sunday into Southern Lake Erie..
I fly across and around the Great Lakes whe "If you like the
weather, just wait, you won't"... So I talk to FSS all the time...
My experience is that right after the change over you got varied
briefings.. Some had diarrhea of the mouth and some you needed to put
the thumb screws on... This has evened out and I give the Lansing FSS
a two thumbs up now...
What I do is tell the briefer what I want... Example:
"The tail number is xxxx and type is a PA23-150, the equipment is slash
alpha with a non certified GPS moving map... I want to fly VFR
Southwest from Saginaw Michigan to Valpariso, indiana and then East to
the Cleveland area, Medina County airport (or where ever)... Time
inroute is estimated at 5 hours with the stops... Altitude 4500 or
higher...
Departing at 1300 Z, that is 9AM local...
I need the weather along that route, any TFR's, notams for those three
airports and anything affecting my route, and the winds at 3, 6 and
nine.."
And you know what? That is exactly what I get...
Now, if the wx is IFR and I need to file then I ask for, and get, a
standard briefing...
The only difference I now see is that some briefers want to hear the
airport designator and others just want the airport name and state...
Apparently that is still a work in progress...
denny
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