You are wrong - it is NOT a no-no.

The NTSB report acknowledges as such. He was held in violation of the
catch-all "careless and negligent", which only exists so that the FAA
can bust pilots when they haven't really violated a regulation.




On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:52:35 GMT, jsmith wrote:

Let's be honest about the facts.
According to the report, he launched into IMC without a release.
That's a NO-NO!

wrote:
Does anyone have a copy of the NTSB report which was posted a while
back concerning the guy who launched IFR in IMC in uncontrolled
airspace into VMC above and was dinged for "careless and negligent"?