Thanks, Jim.

It's not a "scare tactic", per se, it's how the advice is worded....obviously.

>Hi All,>>I've been watching this thread from the beginning and some of>the "not so helpful" comments have been noted. So let's focus>on the question at hand and have fun!>>First let's review briefly what a TAF is. Think of a TAF as a>report of possible future conditions at a weather station.>Usually they look forward to conditions 24-36 hours in>advance. They try to show how the weather may be headed,>either good or bad.>>Second, how/when does Active Sky use a TAF? In Offline Mode,>AS uses a TAF when the TAF is closer to the FS time then the>METAR time. In Online Mode a TAF could be used when a station>does not report or when the METAR data is older than the TAF.>>Finally, there is no additional processing power used or>performance issues when using TAFs. In fact the general user>will never notice when the TAF is being used. At this time we>recommend that TAF processing be checked On, unless using>VATSIM where it will automatically be checked Off.>>I hope this generally answers users questions!>>Hope this helps,>Jim>ActiveSky Support>http://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004proudsupporter.jpgGee, I guess I can turn it back on again... :)Bob