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Take Advantage of Personalized Weather Training

It's available anytime, anywhere for pilots, so don't waste the opportunity.

Given that weather is the single biggest physical factor that affects your flying activity, it’s worth every penny that you invest in formal training to feel more confident in your preflight weather planning. [Getty Images]
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Key Takeaways:

  • General aviation pilots often lack sufficient weather knowledge beyond primary training, and experience alone is not enough to develop the necessary expertise for safe decision-making.
  • Current regulations do not mandate ongoing formal weather education, leaving many pilots unprepared to effectively interpret and integrate the complex and diverse weather guidance available.
  • Personalized online training is presented as a crucial and effective solution, enabling pilots to gain the confidence needed to thoroughly understand weather, make informed go/no-go decisions, and plan for alternate courses of action.
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It’s often suggested in the pilot community that as you add more hours to your logbook, all that weather knowledge you forgot or were never taught during your primary training will magically take root.

While some experience is absolutely necessary, more experience alone isn’t the answer for most general aviation pilots. In fact, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a safety notice in October 2005 that states, “It appears that pilots generally require formal training to obtain weather knowledge and cannot be expected to acquire it on their own as they simply gain more flight experience.”

Scott Dennstaedt, Ph.D

Scott resides in Charlotte, North Carolina, and flies regularly throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast U.S. He is a CFI and former NWS meteorologist. Scott is the author of "The Skew-T log (p) and Me: A Primer for Pilots" and the founder of EZWxBrief.

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