langleybastion
Try replacing "intersections" with "interactions" and the meaning will become clearer. That it what I took it to mean.
On the subject of whether pilots are truly qualified to question or comment on the work of profession climatologists and weather experts, I believe they are. Pilots, mariners and farmers all interact daily with the weather in ways that affect their personal survival and livelyhood. They may not have the maths and figures to back it up, but personal experience and living to a ripe old age must count for something.