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Bro do you even lift
Go check it out, the output format is different now.
I wondered when that would happen. I guess it makes sense...I mean it's obvious that the most effective way to receive information is to scroll through an endless wall of text.
I think I'm going to start filing a NASA report after every flight with a copy of the briefing and "TLDR"
See above. Tabbed version goes away 6/2022.The tabbed version is still available, at least on my laptop. You can toggle between the old and new versions.
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Does any of those give you NOTAMs?My strategy has always been to log into wxbrief so there’s a record of my receiving a briefing. Then I ignore it and use AviationWeather.gov, Windy, and Skyvector, where the same information is presented much more clearly.
NOTAMS and airport information come from Garmin Pilot, or I just search the FAA NOTAM database directly.Does any of those give you NOTAMs?
I guess back to calling...
Have you guys actually tried calling lately? Last time I did (around the holidays last year, I think), I got a recorded scolding that told me I was being placed at the end of the queue and given a random briefer because I didn't visit the website first, or something to that effect. Sure enough, it took like ~5+ min before a briefer picked up, and the person I got was obviously unfamiliar with my area. I've kind of been waiting for the shoe to drop that live-human-briefings were being discontinued, and wondered if this change was a harbinger of the end.Calling makes sense. I can get weather anywhere, I need a log that I checked weather, and I need to know the notams that matter and any special use airspace.
Have you guys actually tried calling lately? Last time I did (around the holidays last year, I think), I got a recorded scolding that told me I was being placed at the end of the queue and given a random briefer because I didn't visit the website first, or something to that effect. Sure enough, it took like ~5+ min before a briefer picked up, and the person I got was obviously unfamiliar with my area. I've kind of been waiting for the shoe to drop that live-human-briefings were being discontinued, and wondered if this change was a harbinger of the end.
....I've kind of been waiting for the shoe to drop that live-human-briefings were being discontinued, and wondered if this change was a harbinger of the end.
By "this change", I was not referring to the OP of this thread, but to my experience calling the briefer that started off with a recorded scolding that I didn't use the website first and was being punished for it by being sent to the back of the queue and given a random briefer instead of one familiar with my area.I personally don't see how this change has anything to do with moving closer to dropping the calls. it's mostly a layout formatting change along with a few features dropped.
By "this change", I was not referring to the OP of this thread, but to my experience calling the briefer that started off with a recorded scolding that I didn't use the website first and was being punished for it by being sent to the back of the queue and given a random briefer instead of one familiar with my area.
Last time I called (which coincidently was the first time), the guy just read me the briefing off the website. Since I am in fact literate, I decided calling was a waste of my time.Have you guys actually tried calling lately? Last time I did (around the holidays last year, I think), I got a recorded scolding that told me I was being placed at the end of the queue and given a random briefer because I didn't visit the website first, or something to that effect. Sure enough, it took like ~5+ min before a briefer picked up, and the person I got was obviously unfamiliar with my area. I've kind of been waiting for the shoe to drop that live-human-briefings were being discontinued, and wondered if this change was a harbinger of the end.
I don't think that exists any more.one familiar with my area.
I usually request a standard briefing, and I agree that 80+% of the time I don't learn anything I didn't already know from my pre-flight review. Even so, it's a warm fuzzy to hear a confirmation of my mental model, and I also launch knowing I got the most up-to-date TFR info I could (and that there's a record that I did so).Last time I called (which coincidently was the first time), the guy just read me the briefing off the website. Since I am in fact literate, I decided calling was a waste of my time.
The "random briefer" rather than a local one started at least 15 years ago, long before the website and even before LockMart took over the function.By "this change", I was not referring to the OP of this thread, but to my experience calling the briefer that started off with a recorded scolding that I didn't use the website first and was being punished for it by being sent to the back of the queue and given a random briefer instead of one familiar with my area.
Well, right, there've been changes in the system over many years, and yeah I remember in the early 90s my buddy making an unplanned landing and ducking into a truly local weather office once so we could take refuge from a passing storm, and talking to them for the next 15 min about my best options for the rest of our flight. Certainly that's no longer possible.The "random briefer" rather than a local one started at least 15 years ago, long before the website and even before LockMart took over the function.
I use windy.comGo check it out, the output format is different now.
I use windy.com
If you want to know the Center boundaries?
ah, so to look at center boundaries I need to check the freezing level section of a briefing. why didn't I think of that?!If you want to know the Center boundaries?
Fly the red lines