NAV CANADA AWWS?

[Lost Lake]

Just wondering, but it seams half the time I go to the AWWS site, and especially to the user site it isn't working. Does AWWS stand for Ain't Workin Worth Shit?? Maybe all us frequent users should just start calling the FSS's, blocking lines up etc. Of course anyone who has had the pleasure of using one of Av Canada's remote dial up terminals knows it would be faster to walk to a FSS station than get info anyhow.

That's my piss off with transport today

[SkyWolfe]

Always works for me...

[Lost Lake]

Whoops, silly me, I forgot that Nav Canada is now an offshoot from Transport Canada. But aren't they both Gov't owned, supervised, etc. Don't both TC and Nav Canada deal with the safe operation and transportation of aircraft?

[Rudderless]

where you bin, Lost Lake? Lost......in a lake...........?

[freakonature]

Alway's work's great! Everything you need on one page.

[Lost Lake]

I guess if you only use it once a month and it's blue skies, it's good for you. Anyone who has to access it more than once a day, every day, has problems!!

[freakonature]

Just tried it thirty time's in a row. No problem!!

[freakonature]

And it's cloudy out. Nav Canada didn't build this site with the purpose
to piss you off. They built it to try and make your job a little easier.

[just curious]

Do you mean "piss of with transport" as in the transportation industry? Because NC's web site has absolutely nothing do with the other "Transport" commonly discussed on here.

Good God! CPL_ATC, and Just Curious... in (gasp!) agreement. OHHH, left arm tingly, chest hurts... must reach little red pills!

[bigfssguy]

is this the week of rehashing old dead end debates? First FSS think there controllers rant now the NC is a psuedo government agency histeria? What's next?

[Koizie1]

Never had a problem...

[SAR_YQQ]

We don't have Jet Plan for the Buff - we use AWWS every day. 99 times out of 100 it works as prescribed.

[SkyWolfe]

I use it everyday, I have had issues maybe once or twice over 3 years.

[silentivan]

It wasn't working for me this morning.

So I sweet talked it for a while, then offered it a case of Mountain Crest (since I can't afford anything better), but it still wouldn't work.

So I tried the intimidation route. It has a will stronger than a soviet spy.

Then I punched it. It returned with the wretched BSOD (blue screen of death).


In conclusion, AWWS has defeated me. Again. Humiliation x 100.

[E-Flyer]

Just wondering, but it seams half the time I go to the AWWS site, and especially to the user site it isn't working. Does AWWS stand for Ain't Workin Worth Shit?? Maybe all us frequent users should just start calling the FSS's, blocking lines up etc. Of course anyone who has had the pleasure of using one of Av Canada's remote dial up terminals knows it would be faster to walk to a FSS station than get info anyhow.

That's my piss off with transport today

The dial up days are gone ! lol jk

[groundpilot]

Between 630pm - 700pm Friday June 13th, here is what I got:

Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, awws_techsupport@cmc.ec.gc.ca and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

So for all the ppl saying it works great - it doesnt!

[freakonature]

" and anything you might have done that may have caused the error"

[Lurch]

I have had the same error a number of times. I had it at 1500z this morning, again at 1700z as well as I've seen it at least once a week for the last 3 weeks.

Lurch

[benoit.baril]

Same thing all week.
I guess It just means it's VFR from coast to coast.
LOL

[sprucemonkey]

I had the same problem when I used the "favorites" saved sight. When I gave it a shot I noted that it was the saved website that was out of date.

[groundpilot]

" and anything you might have done that may have caused the error"

I guess with a quote like that, it means automatic liability...who you work for?

[pelmet]

Always works for me. Certainly more than half the time.

[just curious]

So, what would be your main point? Do you stop flying when a website goes down? Servers need maintenance too.

There are other sources of weather on-line. You may have noticed a weather link on the headerbar of this site.

NOAA, Jepp, fltplan.com all offer aviation weather.

Worst case scenario, you could phone.