TURNBULL. .FYI there are quite a few of us Met Men on PPRUNE, and have been for a long time. . .Be carefull for what you wish, it may come true! We are under huge pressure from the bean counters to cut costs, while trying to maintain services to you. Many reviews are taking place, with options such as single manning of sites, and withdrawing Met Men from operational stations all together. Briefings by remote teleconf from Big House in Bracknell, or a remote Regional centre. Yes IT is getting better, but when conditions are marginal, do you really want to talk to a forcaster 200 miles away with NO local knowledge, apart from some notes in a hand out? Is that what your really want???
We try our best, oftern under considerable pressure, time and money!
Yes we do get it wrong occasionaly, but as said above, when we get it right, it is quickley forgotten. I too have been the victim of the old fog lifting in an hour storey, when sitting waiting for engine start in the Herc with the long nose I was crew on for 10 years. So I see it from both ends, Met Man and aircrew. On ballance, the guys and girls on the sharp end do an excellent job. We even deply in theatre for you, world wide at very short notice.
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