You may even pick up the telephone only to discover that you are talking to a pilot who is on his cellular phone at 20,000 feet over Canada. And, very importantly, they conduct the search and rescue effort for any aircraft that is overdue on their flight plan. All the specialists are highly trained in all aspects of weather and the operation of the national airspace system. They are, in many ways, experts in explaining the weather and the air traffic control system to pilots and other interested individuals. My job as a supervisor is not only to remain proficient in all the required tasks but also to supervise a team of highly qualified flight service specialists.
Every job has good points and bad.
Sometimes pilots are killed because of weather related reasons. Those situations are always carefully examined to determine if the pilot ever got a pilot weather briefing and, if so, was anything overlooked or not given in the briefing. Even aircraft overdue on a flight plan are carefully and diligently searched for until the aircraft is located. As a Child I grew up in Wichita, Kansas. Wichita has several aircraft manufacturing plants, so naturally I was interested in airplanes and learning to fly.