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flyover · August 23rd, 2004, 11:08

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So, we are paying good money to have the new equipment installed, but we aren't training the people who are supposed to know how to use it?

Lovely. Your tax dollars at work. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif[/img]

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I know. And I had a long e-mail conversation with the head safety guy for Atlanta center. He was offended at the suggestion that he would need training to interpret a weather radar. (This mirrors a similar sentiment from many pilots by the way).

He told me, among other things, that he doesn't care how high a storm is because he works low altitude, it just wasn't relevant to him. So he could very possibly steer you away from a heavy rain area that tops out at 5,000' and toward a light rain area that tops out at 41,000'. And this is their safety rep. If he's not into training who would be? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]

August 23rd, 2004, 11:08	#10
flyover Old Skool Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 3,389	Re: ATC and weather avoidance [ QUOTE ] So, we are paying good money to have the new equipment installed, but we aren't training the people who are supposed to know how to use it? Lovely. Your tax dollars at work. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] I know. And I had a long e-mail conversation with the head safety guy for Atlanta center. He was offended at the suggestion that he would need training to interpret a weather radar. (This mirrors a similar sentiment from many pilots by the way). He told me, among other things, that he doesn't care how high a storm is because he works low altitude, it just wasn't relevant to him. So he could very possibly steer you away from a heavy rain area that tops out at 5,000' and toward a light rain area that tops out at 41,000'. And this is their safety rep. If he's not into training who would be? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]