Because that would start to make flying accessable to all, and after spending £10k on a license I want to be special and able to decode those archaic runes.
Really tho', maybe that's not all that far off...? The type of short term, local and highly accurate (well...
) weather reports provided for free to pilots would be quite expensive if you wanted to order them from the met providers...
Ergo, the METAR/TAF codes are actually a form of encryption. Bet most PPL students would agree...
