Because they are in the best position to observe current weather conditions, pilots can help enhance aviation safety by providing weather updates – but few do, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which wants to change that.
In a just-issued Safety Alert, the NTSB warns that sparse reporting and inaccurate or incomplete information adversely affect the usefulness of PIREPs (brief reports from pilots describing observed in-flight weather conditions) for improving weather forecasts and advisories and helping pilots avoid weather hazards.