Originally Posted by
ZOOKER
Thinking about the Met Office, who is going to make Wx observations when the controllers are miles away?
At many units now, the task of 'met observer' has now been passed on to ATC staff. The observations have an impact on the way each airfield operates, and therefore must be accurate.
Who will be trained to make the METAR obs when the remote-tower is up and running?
Most NATS towers nowadays have a Part Automatic or Semi Automatic Met observation system - PAMOS or SAMOS - I don't know what the difference is.
Assistants still have to verify the ob is correct and determine the type of precipitation if any for which they do a special course not as complex as the Met Observer Course.