Jay Honeck wrote:
Completely. XM weather gives you a weather picture that is
absolutely unparalleled in GA aircraft. Before we had it, we would
have stayed in Pensacola. After we had it, the flight from Pensacola
to St. Pete was completely routine.

Jay, you need some remedial weather analysis and flight planning
training. I've never had XM weather (OK, one flight with a friend with
a 496) and get along fine without it.

I'm glad for that, Matt -- but this is not the conclusion Mary and I
have made.

BTW: Your point about using XM for preflight analysis isn't relevant,
since no one uses it for that. The strength of having live weather on
board is for in-flight decision making, not pre-flight briefings.

I was simply going by your statement above "Before we had it, we would
have stayed in Pensacola." That sounds like using it for preflight
planning to me. :-)

Matt