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flyover · August 23rd, 2004, 14:58

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[I've flown with a few who brush off the radar or think they know everything. Our training on weather radar: "You'll learn it online from your Captains." Yeah, well, who trained them? Can I get a lil help here?!

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When radar was first introduced into commercial aviation, flight departments rejected training pilots. It was the marketing departments that wanted the radars after United got the idea to paint "Radar Equipped Smooth Ride" on the side of their airplanes.

The man who had test flown the radars knew that pilots would have to be trained or it could actually get them in more trouble. The first radars were very tricky to interpret, especially in the area of attenuation of signal. Long story short, the flight department people rejected the training and basically since the advent of the jet. crews have been flying into thunderstorms with perfectly funcitioning radars, then wondering how they got there.

The good news is that new radars are easier to interpret. The bad news, most guys still don't know how to use tilt, and it still gets them in trouble.

August 23rd, 2004, 14:58	#12
flyover Old Skool Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 3,389	Re: ATC and weather avoidance [ QUOTE ] [I've flown with a few who brush off the radar or think they know everything. Our training on weather radar: "You'll learn it online from your Captains." Yeah, well, who trained them? Can I get a lil help here?! [/ QUOTE ] When radar was first introduced into commercial aviation, flight departments rejected training pilots. It was the marketing departments that wanted the radars after United got the idea to paint "Radar Equipped Smooth Ride" on the side of their airplanes. The man who had test flown the radars knew that pilots would have to be trained or it could actually get them in more trouble. The first radars were very tricky to interpret, especially in the area of attenuation of signal. Long story short, the flight department people rejected the training and basically since the advent of the jet. crews have been flying into thunderstorms with perfectly funcitioning radars, then wondering how they got there. The good news is that new radars are easier to interpret. The bad news, most guys still don't know how to use tilt, and it still gets them in trouble.