Mon, Sep 01, 2003
Program Encourages More PIREPS
Participation in the
AOPA Air Safety Foundation’s SkySpotter® pilot-report
(pirep) training program has built so quickly that sometime in the
next few weeks, the 10,000th participant will be logged. He or she
will receive special recognition for the accomplishment.
ASF unveiled the program in November 2001 to encourage pilots to
file more pilot reports and actively play a crucial role in the
improvement of weather reporting and forecasting. "More than 9,800
pilots had completed the program by the middle of August," said
Kathleen Roy, ASF senior research analyst.
The entertaining Web-based SkySpotter® training session is
cosponsored by the FAA and National Weather Service to teach pilots
how to formulate and deliver pireps. Training explains the use of
official reporting criteria to convey the likes of airframe-ice
accumulation or turbulence. Pilots promise to provide at least one
pirep on every cross-country flight, either confirming the forecast
or stating any changed conditions.
The 10,000th SkySpotter® participant's photo will appear on
the ASF Web site, plus the recipient gets an autographed copy of
Weather Flying by Bob Buck, and an AOPA dual-time-zone watch. Visit
the SkySpotter® online program to participate.
The AOPA Air Safety Foundation is the nation's only private,
nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to providing
continuing pilot education and safety programs for general
aviation. It is funded by donations from individual pilots and
organizations, which support the cause of improved general aviation
safety.
Foundation safety outreach efforts are funded through voluntary
donations by AOPA members and tax-deductible contributions from
individual pilots and companies interested in promoting general
aviation safety.
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