My two-penneth worth on the question of where/how people get their NOTAMs:
I wonder whether a lot of training organisations, such as BAFC at Wycombe where I learned, have a system where the NOTAMs for the local / training area are pinned on the briefing board, along with hard-copy of the weather etc? I think this is great for students in one respect, i.e. they can get in the habit of checking the print-outs pre-flight, but on the other hand this does not breed self-sufficiency.
Maybe we'd be better off telling students from the time they start their cross-country flights that they have to get the NOTAM and WX themselves, at home via their PC (yes, I think you do need a PC - or an Ops dept - to fly these days!) before coming in for the lesson, rather than have it served up on a plate in a club environment. Because at some stage after they get their license, they'll begin flying from places other than the "safe" club environment they trained in and we need to be our own self-sufficient Ops Dept to fly in our busy skies!
Andy
