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Post by snowwx on Feb 5, 2020 6:08:05 GMT -5
ok..so a pilot give a pirep of cloud bases at 7,500ft MSL...Ok ASOS is reporting OVC065...ok They call down, wants to clarify that if we take 800ft out of it to get AGL(we are 800 ft elevation) that would be 6700ft...so shouldnt it be OVC067...I tried to explain to him that from 5000ft on up to 10000 it is in increments of 500ft...been that way for decades...( way longer than he is old)...anyway...another question he had, was when he pulls up metars from around the area...he sees UP...is that where the cigs are trending UP??? And we let these people play with airplanes...UNBELIEVABLE !!! But the Ken and Barbie show and Calamity want to have these people do our jobs...Thats just insane...You know , I know, the American people know it...but the FAA???Clueless!
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Post by hlsto2 on Feb 5, 2020 14:20:24 GMT -5
ok..so a pilot give a pirep of cloud bases at 7,500ft MSL...Ok ASOS is reporting OVC065...ok They call down, wants to clarify that if we take 800ft out of it to get AGL(we are 800 ft elevation) that would be 6700ft...so shouldnt it be OVC067...I tried to explain to him that from 5000ft on up to 10000 it is in increments of 500ft...been that way for decades...( way longer than he is old)...anyway...another question he had, was when he pulls up metars from around the area...he sees UP...is that where the cigs are trending UP??? And we let these people play with airplanes...UNBELIEVABLE !!! But the Ken and Barbie show and Calamity want to have these people do our jobs...Thats just insane...You know , I know, the American people know it...but the FAA???Clueless! I had the tower call me once and ask what CBMAM was... we are first on the list to get cut...and this tower will be our replacement. but there will be NO degradation... |
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Post by snowball on Feb 5, 2020 14:31:31 GMT -5
Years ago the tower called and asked me to remove -SN from the ob because it was "messing up their operations". I told him it was supposed to.
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Post by hlsto2 on Feb 5, 2020 14:50:16 GMT -5
Years ago the tower called and asked me to remove -SN from the ob because it was "messing up their operations". I told him it was supposed to.[/quote in the tower one day using their OID for backup, a controller gave me a pirep of a ceiling at 500 feet MSL. our station is at 700 feet MSL. took me awhile to convince him that the pilot probably meant 500 feet AGL another controller gave me a pirep of a ceiling 10 miles south of the airport. wanted me to change the ASOS measured ceiling to the one 10 miles south of the ap. |
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Post by snowwx on Mar 17, 2020 1:19:07 GMT -5
ok...Ive had 3 obs, 1 metar, 2 specials...all going from MVFR to LIFR...The ATCer decides on his own, its not significant by NOT cutting and ATIS to reflect the current conditions of LIFR...i just checked on my radio...latest ATIS was 0354z...roughly 3 HOURS AGO...so of 5 obs ive done so far on my shift...NO ATISs have been updated....LAZINESS, STUPIDITY, KNOW -IT -ALL ATTITUDES...whatever it may be...this AGAIN is totally unacceptable...HEY KEN and JOE...explain this to me a lowly DEGREED METEOROLOGIST and CORPORATE PILOT!!! BASTARDS!
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Post by northwx on Mar 17, 2020 17:00:20 GMT -5
Careful folks, you might hurt their feelz (serious snark/sarc) Examples like these abound. Scary that Ken & Joe think this is acceptable.
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