everyone Jason Schappert here of zero a.com welcome into part three of our
aviation weather series the power of Pi reps and we're going to be talking and
reading PI reps here a little bit today and learning more first off what is a PI
rep a PI rep is a pilot report who uses these PI reps well of course other
pilots are going to use PI reps the flight service station is also going to
use those to help get data out to other pilots and air traffic control is going
to use PI reps as well I love finding pirates yes meat tarts are great taff's
are awesome when sometimes hearing it from someone who I may be in their shoes
and a couple miles or I was in the in times past it's nice to hear what's
really happening up there because show of hands who's been flying before the
conditions say this and they end up really being totally different there was
never that I seen forecast like we talked about last week and we hadn't
find ourselves in icing conditions a PI rep could have saved all of that time
and helped us make a no-go decisions now did you know that ATC is actually
required to solicit PI reps when well first off when requested by another
pilot of another pilots ask him where the tops where the bottoms any questions
like that ATC is asked to solicit other pilots when the ceiling is at or less
than 5,000 feet when visibility is at or less than five miles
there's thunderstorms present in the area moderate or greater turbulence is
present light or greater icing is present wind shear or volcanic ash is
present as well ATC is required to solicit Pyrus because we as pilots are
not always that generous with our information then we give it out why is
that maybe we're a little bit intimidated to do so you know there
there was a time a ways back to to give up I rep you had to call a flight
service station or call flight wat or remember to do it when you're on the
ground nowadays it's as simple it's just telling the controller hey - 3 Mike Zulu
climbing through 4,000 feet picked up some light rime ice requests - sent to
3,000 feet because I want to out of it but I'm also reporting to them
hey in this area at 4,000 feet in my clime I started picking up light rime
ice I just gave up I rep now you say well that's not the most complete pyre
up Jason we didn't you didn't tell me your type you didn't tell them your
location well ATC knows all that already if I'm on my proper IFR flight plan or
VFR flight fall and whatever that may be they can then go workload permitting and
fill in those blanks and get that PI rep out there for me that being said there's
some other ways to submit PI reps but let's look at one that did it a little
bit differently starting out first txk that's kind of our reporting agency that
got that out there this is a UA there's two types of Pi reps UA as a routine PI
rep you UA is an urgent PI rep let's say routine you a PI rep over then they give
you the airport k4 Oscar for I believe is what that that is TM is our time
23:32 Zulu FL flight levels in this case we're just at 1,900 feet TP is type it
is a be 36 a Beechcraft Bonanza I believe is a B e36 if you ever for some
reason don't know the type you literally Google B e36 or our next
one's a CR j9 you could Google that and find out what these pi reps actually are
so this is from a Beechcraft Bonanza I like when general aviation aircraft give
a PI rep because it's more relatable to me than when a CR j9 gives a PI rep way
up at altitude maybe so it's a Beechcraft Bonanza SK skies for the
skies the bases are at 1900 remarks then it gets into zfw AWC web what on earth
does all that mean well what it essentially means here is they used
aviation weather.gov to submit this PI rep and if you have an aviation
weather.gov account you can go ahead and there's something called a PI rep entry
form access requests and once you're logged in you register for an account
it's kind of cumbersome you actually have to reach out and contact them and
say hey I have an account I'd like you to unlock my ability to
send you all PI reps and then once they unlock that you can go through and send
your PI reps through a w see the aviation weather Center
looking as pi reppin the remarks AWC aviation weather Center web that's
exactly how this pilot did that now of course that requires you to land hop on
the phone or get back to the house type all this out and put that in there
that's a diligent pilot though who took those extra steps to make sure a PI rep
got out there I hope one day there's a much easier way to do things but this is
one of many ways to actually get PI reps out there so if you google pirate entry
form access for AWC that will come up so you get that submitted let's read
another pirate here together li T again the the area the agency work on this I
believe us Little Rock UA is a routine Pyrrha ovie again I believe Li T is
Little Rock time 22 a 15 Sulu flight level zero zero nine nine hundred feet
type a CR j 9 must be on a climb out or descent then I hope sky's broken at 900
t.o.p UNK n tops unknown and then remarks the D u Rd just like we said
during descent it was d you are see during climb but
this is during our descent so they broke out of the broken layer at nine hundred
feet by shooting their approach it sounds like in to Little Rock PI reps
are first-hand knowledge of what's happening up there
they don't have to be conditions like this with icing or turbulence or
whatever it is that you couldn't say you know what it is a gorgeous day today and
I'm gonna give a pie rep that is perfectly fine as well it helps me
justify my decision it says it's gonna be great on the mute ours it says it'll
be great on the task you know what I found a pie wrap that also confirms that
it allows me to check a few more boxes knowing that it's probably gonna be a
great day to fly pie reps whether it's good weather or bad weather
are an asset to us out there and PI reps are something we're gonna dig deeper
into on Thursday April 30th I am doing a live weather analysis Thursday April
30th 3 p.m. on the m0 aecom YouTube and Facebook play right here where you're
watching this video now there is a link to RSVP in the
description if you wish to check this out RSVP so you get some reminders and
we can let you know that we're going live I'll be taking a challenging flight
plan look that day and see where there's some actual weather to fly through and
we'll go ahead and we'll flight plan that through on a VFR flight as well as
an IFR flight you'll be able to ask questions live and see us kind of pivot
and make a go and no-go decisions in real time just like if we were really
going to make that flight so it's a live weather analysis it's Thursday April
30th at 3:00 p.m. I hope you will check that out and lastly I hope you're gonna
join us on the aviation mastery at sea October 26 to the 31st out of Fort
Lauderdale Florida my good friend Steve oh one kinivo will be joining us there
as well so many great breakout sessions for VFR IFR the co-pilot course I've
been talking so much about and of course a drone tracked as well so hopefully
been doing some great drone flying in the islands as well everything from
drones to technical IFR for flight procedures we're gonna be covering and
learning more about all aspects of aviation aviation mastery comm to check
that out and learn more I look forward to seeing you all on the cruise have a
wonderful rest of your day and most importantly remember the good pilot is
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