Jay Honeck wrote:
I don't mean to denigrate the IR -- I've got 90% of the training done,
and it has made me a much more precise pilot -- but don't fool yourself
into thinking that the IR is going to make your flights that much more
reliable. With the level of aircraft most of us fly
(Beech/Piper/Cessna/Mooney spam cans), we run up against equipment
limitations as much as anything -- especially in the winter.


Don't be too quick to throw up your hands either. In the Carolinas, back when I
was flying cancelled checks, I was expected to fly five days a week irregardless
of the weather. I stood down only a few times during the winter.... and trust
me, my aircraft wasn't certified for flying in known icing conditions. The FAA
guys used to walk around my aircraft, look at all the leaks on the tarmac and
just shake their heads.

What do you want? It was state of the art in the year I was born.

Seriously, in this part of the world the instrument rating can save many a trip
otherwise not possible.... even in winter. You just have to know the difference
between the goes and the no-goes.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE