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May 4th 04, 06:06 PM
Michael
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But, the single pilot guy in a light aircraft has a whole different set
of issues to deal with.
Yup. In fact, I've started to believe that what we (private operators
of IFR-capable airplanes) do is so different from what the airlines
do, that there is precious little for us to learn from the airline
procedures. They're so geared towards crew operations and equipment
that we don't have that they just don't translate well into a
single-pilot cockpit with typical GA equipment.
I learned multiengine flying from an airline captain, and he taught me
to fly as much like the airlines as possible. I suppose that wasn't a
bad thing, but I also wound up carrying a copilot around for many of
my early IFR flights, until I developed the proficiency AND altered my
procedures to where I could handle the workload single-pilot.
Then again, only the most current and proficient pilot should be flying
an approach to RVR 2400, or so, where often no "break out" ever occurs.
I've done it a few times (my lowest to 2000 RVR). Frankly, it's a
cakewalk compared to a circling-only NDB approach at night to a poorly
lit runway in 2 miles vis. Then again, it may have been the
airline-quality training I got that made it a cakewalk...
Michael
Michael