Can this story be any more clueless ???

Here is my response to Mr Hayes:

Mr Hayes,

In reference to story published April 16, 2013 "Status of federal contract for airport weather observers up in the air"

In readings your story, I feel there is a misunderstanding of what we, as certified contract weather observers provide to the aviation community.

We are the ones responsible for providing accurate weather conditions. At major airports across the nation we monitor, augment and back up the automated system (ASOS), due to the limited abilities of the sensors.

Please take a look at the information attached and if you would like to follow up with any questions, please feel free to contact me..

I ended it with my cover letter and then attached the letter and the listing of all sites across the nation that would be affected if the program closes.

This story could not have been written any worse, IMO. Just goes to show that alot (and in this case, airport owner) has no clue how the airport gets it's information ... unless she was provided wrong information from Mr Hayes, which if that is the case, hopefully this email will educate him some ...

Good grief! What a terrible story, LOL....and it got published. Good response though!