Meteo·Mobile

Availability of weather info in the cockpit should be a must.

It is a pitty that European goverments have a commercial approach to this instead of the safety approach that the US government has.
The US government publishes weather info for FREE to companies like XM Sattellite weather that distribute it to airplane cockpits.

I recently had a long conversation with a top executive at XM. I asked him whether they would be offering cockpit weather info for Europe, and my conclusion was that it does not make business sense to them due to the prices that european weather agencies charge for the info.

Avidyne’s solution

Recently, Avidyne has started selling cockpit weather (through its new MLX770) via the Iridium Satellite Network to those having Avidyne’s Entegra and EX500/EX5000-series multi-function displays.

I heard that there is quite a delay from the moment information is published to the moment it is available in the cockpit. To some, that would render the information obsolete. But… How true is that?

I would like to know, first hand, if that is the case.
So far, though, I have not had the chance to fly an airplane featuring such a solution. Have you?

If so, please comment so all of us have a better opinion about this system.

I’ve always wondered what sort of weather briefings an airliner pilot gets.

The way I’ve always imagined that is:

The flight commander goes to the operations office and gets an envelope with plenty of information that a team of specialized meteorologists have prepared for the flight route.

He then studies all of that for a while and has access to either the meteorologists or a computer to clear any doubts that might arise.

Then, on board the airplane, besides the weather radar and other weather-related equipment, he has access to updated SIGMETs, METARs, PIREPs and the like.

But, is that the way it is?

We’d love to hear from those of you that know the real thing!

I know you guys are busy and I am asking for more than a couple of seconds this time. But please consider writing a comment here so that the rest of us can get a flare of what the real professional weather briefings are all about.
If you have the time to scan that sort of documentation, I will take care to anonimize it and publish it here so that the rest of us can take a look!

Thanks!

I’d like to know who uses Meteo·Mobile.

Why?

First, because we exist because of you.
Also, because we make development decisions based on what we think or users wish. And for this, we use an image of what we think you are.
We used to think you are pilots. BUT we’ve discovered through you feedback that there are plenty of other people using aviador (crew members, virtual pilots, meteorology enthusiasts and teachers, controllers …).

I wish there will be plenty of answers that will help us better develop this tool.

I don’t believe in web polls. But, PLEASE, prove me wrong and answer the poll. It only takes a second.

You’ll find the poll on the right sidebar. Just click on the answer that best describes you. After that, you’ll get the poll results.