oh yeah and weather... i havnt viewed a METAR outside of a training scenario or airline interview. so we speaker phone the flight service station for a standard briefing and if it makes sence to the guy and he makes a good "go/ no go" decision as far as im concerned weather info is done with at that point!
[quote]And yes, those accronyms are a pain, and quite frankly only really useful in theory. If you're a pilot and starts mumbeling accronyms in the air, you should be ashamed.