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Old 14th Jun 2019, 01:21
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stilton
 
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Why do we still accept abbreviations in weather / notams etc ?

Why in this day and age do we tolerate the dissemination of this vital
information in the same ridiculous manner that we’ve done for decades?


Abbreviations, codes etc are all potentially
unclear and / or confusing


And whats the point ? In the old days shortening the message was essential to save space, now there’s an app that can ‘translate’ these into plain English so why not present TAF’s, Metars, Notams etc in that manner ?

Pet peeve
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