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Dont forget commercial pilots are also on a schedule. For them to cancel
a trip has much more consequences than for the IFR pilot on a vacation trip. John Roncallo Maule Driver wrote: I've heard similar statements too. They are from people who fly very capable a/c, professionally, in practically all conditions. I think they reflect on their level of proficiency and what it takes to maintain it at a high level, and then have a hard time seeing how IFR can be flown in less capable a/c but less proficient pilots. It's understandable but obviously wrong There's a big grain of truth behind the statement like most things said by competent people. For example, be careful about the idea of 'hard' IFR vs 'light' IFR as in, "I don't fly 'hard' IFR but find that I can take advantage of my rating in 'light' IFR conditions". IFR is IFR. The minute you are engulfed in cloud, you no longer can see changes in the weather and such. I wonder how many private pilot's first approach to minimums in actual was 'by accident'. How many PP's first convective cell was embedded in a benign looking overcast. Establishing personal minimums is good stuff but it is primarily a planning task done using a forecast. And forecasts are sometimes crap. But more training can only be good. Go for the ticket. Most satisfying thing I've done in a while. "G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message ... |
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