"Dan Luke" wrote:
You are right to be concerned for the safety of your children with respect
to your husband's flying, particularly in weather requiring the instrument
rating.

She is right to be concerned. But she said it was a hobby, and we don't
know what her husband's intentions are regarding the instrument rating.
Not everyone who pursues that rating gets it with the intention of
taking off routinely in weather "requiring an instrument rating" (except
for the purpose of staying current) ... many get it for the added
training, knowledge and precision as well as for the "just in case"
situation that *might* occur despite all the best laid plans, but not
one you'd actively seek out.

Someone else asked what she expected to hear -- I think she either
expected someone to tell her that she was right and that her husband
should give up flying until their two daughters are adults and no longer
dependants, or maybe she just wanted and needed to hear how others
weigh, justify, rationalize or prioritize the risk in our decision
whether or not to fly, and some assurance that her husband was going in
a sensible direction, not deeper into danger.

Of course it hits home when you turn on the news and see a small plane
crash, but no more or less than it does to see news of a head-on
collision on the local highway, a shooting at a local mini-mart, or a
home invasion.

Regardless of what anyone here thinks, feels or writes, that decision is
something they have to work out. The presence of aviation is a shared
passion in some marriages; in others, it's a continual source of
aggravation and turmoil ... but so are football, golf and truck shows.