Let's get this out right up front: Pireps are a valuable source of information that can be indispensible for safe flight planning— and can help prevent weather-related accidents and.incidents. They should be checked before each flight, and rechecked for late-breaking news via Flight Watch on 122.0 MHz when in the air. That said, are there any problems with pireps, especially the icing pireps that most affect our winter flying? The answer is yes. While icing pireps may have value, there are some pretty serious caveats that all pilots should understand. An icing pirep is a very fleeting thing.
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