By Ron Levy

For many years, the pilot in the cockpit of a general aviation aircraft has usually been the last to find out what the weather is doing. The airline pilot has always had the advantage of the company dispatch system – someone on the ground checking weather reports and forecasts, including both the big and localized radar maps and images, and just a radio call away on the company frequency. Airline pilots also had the advantage of a second (or third) crewmember to get that information on another radio while the pilot flying was able to stay on ATC’s frequency. …