erm...dont wanna rock the boat...but
the new system at manchester i think is having a bit of teething trouble.
we were recently airborne, the atis (or eqivalent) was giving overcast at 6,000 feet.
we were struggling to see the ground at 3,000' this was within about 5 dme of egcc.
how does this new squiggly amp system measure the cloudbase? does it throw a load of random numbers into a machine similar to the lottery draw?
im not trying to stir up a hornet's nest and have respect for the chaps in the tower, but is this new thing dependable???
TFC