Short Final…

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Key Takeaways:

  • A student pilot called FSS for a 7 AM VFR briefing on a severe winter morning.
  • The briefer immediately interrupted the pilot, declaring that flying was impossible and he should go back to bed.
  • The briefer then sardonically asked if the pilot still desired a briefing, highlighting the extreme unsuitability of the weather.
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Slow day at the FSS?

I’m a student at Daniel Webster College, and one particularly nasty winter morning last year I was calling the briefer before my 7AM flight…

Me: Good morning this is N—DW, I’d like a standard VFR brief for the Nashua area and …

Briefer (cutting me off): You’re not going anywhere this morning except back to bed.

(pause)

… Still want your briefing?

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