PA28 PLT EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING INCOMPLETE BRIEFING BY SEA FSS DEALING WITH APCH MINIMUM CHANGES TO TIW.

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PLANNED AN IFR TRAINING FLT TO TACOMA NARROWS (TIW). I KNOW FROM PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE THAT MDA ON NDB-35 APCH HAS BEEN CHANGED BY NOTAM DUE TO LCL CRANES ON BRIDGE. I HAD ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT BRIEFERS ARE NOT OBLIGED TO PROVIDE FDC NOTAMS UNLESS ASKED SPECIFICALLY; AND IF AN FDC NOTAM IS MORE THAN 28 DAYS OLD; IT BECOMES 'PUBLISHED' AND FALLS OFF THE FSS BRIEFER'S LIST; SO I SHOULD SPECIFICALLY ASK FOR 'PUBLISHED' OR 'PROVIDED' NOTAMS AS WELL. ON THIS DAY; I HAD CURRENT COMMERCIAL CHARTS (EVEN CHKED CHART NOTAMS) AND GOT A BRIEFING. ASKED THE BRIEFER SPECIFICALLY FOR FDC AND PRINTED NOTAMS. BRIEFER TOLD ME THAT PRINTED NOTAMS WERE MY RESPONSIBILITY -- I SHOULD GET THE BOOK AT MY BASE OPS. I INSISTED; AND WAS EVENTUALLY PROVIDED WITH THE NOTAM DATE -- THE MDA HAD BEEN INCREASED BY 120 FT. THIS NOTAM IS LABELED TEMPORARY BY FAA; BUT IT HAD BEEN ISSUED 5 MONTHS AGO (EARLY DECEMBER) AND IS LIKELY TO BE IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME. YOU DON'T BUILD A SUSPENSION BRIDGE QUICKLY. BECAUSE IT IS 'TEMPORARY;' THE COMMERCIAL CHART DOES NOT PUBLISH IT. BECAUSE IT IS MORE THAN 28 DAYS OLD; BRIEFERS ARE NOT ENTHUSIASTIC TO GET IT FOR YOU. BUT THIS IS CRITICAL SAFETY DATA! ON MAY/MON/05 I RPTED THIS STORY TO SEA FSDO APPM. HE PROMISED TO 'FIX IT.' AN HR LATER; I GOT A CALL FROM A SUPVR AT SEA AFSS WHO SAID HE HAD REVIEWED THE TAPE OF MY BRIEFING AND AGREED THAT I DID NOT GET APPROPRIATE SVC. THE SIT WOULD BE DEALT WITH. WHEN MDA ON AN APCH IS CHANGED BY NOTAM FOR A GOOD REASON LIKE AN OBSTRUCTION; IT SHOULD NOT MATTER HOW THE NOTAM WAS ISSUED OR HOW OLD IT IS. I SHOULD BE GIVEN THAT INFO WHEN I ASK FOR A BRIEFING PLANNING AN IFR FLT TO THAT ARPT. FAA SEEMS TO BE TREATING THIS AS A 'CUSTOMER SVC' PROB (OR MAYBE A LABOR RELATIONS PROB). WHAT I'M RPTING IS A SAFETY PROB.