I thought I would share this because many members on our network are pilots.
The AWS (Aviation Weather Service) is changing the way AIRMETs are formatted for the ConUS. Take a look at the below link for changes that will become effective November 28, 2006.
http://www.weather.gov/om/notification/tin06-31cca_airmet_standrdztn.txtThe proposed changes make it seem easier for the folks at AWS to write an AIRMET, but I don't see much benefit to pilots as they're eliminating quite a few things although in some cases, that's okay since pilots can assume some weather phenomena in certain cases.
