Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&amp;P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.

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Datalink connectivity provider Send today introduced MyTIS, a textual transcription of automatic terminal information service (ATIS) broadcasts&nbsp;for its AirText and FBOLink users. Announced during the new products session at&nbsp;the Aircraft Electronics Association Convention, MyTIS provides textual ATIS transcriptions at towered airports without digital ATIS (D-ATIS).
Pilots like D-ATIS because aircraft with airborne connectivity or a suitable datalink can receive ATIS information in textual form well before arrival at the destination. But there are only 76 U.S. airports with this feature.
At the 444 U.S. airports without D-ATIS, pilots must dial in the appropriate frequency, listen to the ATIS broadcast, and write down the pertinent information. Often the ATIS broadcast can’t be received until closer to the airport, and line-of-sight radio limitations can prevent clear reception. Pilots may also have to interrupt listening to ATIS to communicate with ATC, further lengthening the process of receiving necessary airport information.
Send has launched MyTIS at 148 airports—82 in the U.S., 36 in Canada, and 30 in Australia. MyTIS is advisory information and includes recent Metar or ASOS weather, but it doesn’t include Notams, so pilots still need to monitor the ATIS radio broadcast. Each MyTIS requested will cost 25 cents. AirText reception is via the Iridium satcom network, and FBOLink works via airborne connectivity systems.

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