mls@harpo.UUCP (07/02/85)
Weather Service by WSI. I just received an add for PLANE Talk, a computer-vocie response aviation weather briefing. The cost is .50/minute if you use a local number or .85/minue if you use an 800 number. No minimum billing and it is charged to your VISA or MASTERCHARGE card. Has another had any experience with this? Irv McNair ATT Bell Labs, Whippany, NJ
lmiller@ucla-cs.UUCP (07/07/85)
I tried the WSI phone wx brieving. They have a free 10 minute introductory service, so anyone can try it out. I was disappointed. It's expensive, and you must go through a more or less canned speech. Just call flight service, for free, and get a better briefing. In LA it can be impossible to get through to flight service, but there are always smaller stations, a cheap call away, that are happy to talk to you. WSI is expensive and not very useful. And you'll still need to call flight service to file flight plans. Also, you should ALWAYS call flight service anyhow--the accident report looks better when it indicates you got a thorough wx briefing!