Rogue IFR

Yikes is right! That's about as bad as when one student I was giving a BFR
to related to me that he knows another pilot uses his name a lot as "Safety
Pilot" to stay current!! I about choked and told him that he should put an
end to that before the guys widowed wife's lawyer called him someday saying
how he noticed his name in the other pilots log book a lot.
--
Jim Burns III

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"Roger Long" om wrote in
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I ran into an old client today and we stumbled on to the flying topic.
Turns out he got his PP a couple years ago and bought a plane.

He said with a completely straight face that he's thinking of getting an
instrument rating because he "flies in IMC a lot." He does OK but would
like to be able to ask ATC where the other planes are and fly into towered
airports.

Yikes! What are they teaching student pilots these days? I've asked here
before and seem to find myself asking myself that question a lot. You
can'
t teach common sense but the legality of what he's doing didn't even seem
to
be on his radar screen.

What does ATC do when they see a 1200 target boring through what they know
is solid IMC?

--
Roger Long

at least the "signature" might not be faked.. I'd ask him to stop doing that
right away..

and perhaps a "informant" call to the local FSDO? to protect your own arse

BT

"Jim" wrote in message
...
Yikes is right! That's about as bad as when one student I was giving a
BFR
to related to me that he knows another pilot uses his name a lot as
"Safety
Pilot" to stay current!! I about choked and told him that he should put
an
end to that before the guys widowed wife's lawyer called him someday
saying
how he noticed his name in the other pilots log book a lot.
--
Jim Burns III

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"Roger Long" om wrote
in
message ...
I ran into an old client today and we stumbled on to the flying topic.
Turns out he got his PP a couple years ago and bought a plane.

He said with a completely straight face that he's thinking of getting an
instrument rating because he "flies in IMC a lot." He does OK but would
like to be able to ask ATC where the other planes are and fly into
towered
airports.

Yikes! What are they teaching student pilots these days? I've asked
here
before and seem to find myself asking myself that question a lot. You
can'
t teach common sense but the legality of what he's doing didn't even
seem
to
be on his radar screen.

What does ATC do when they see a 1200 target boring through what they
know
is solid IMC?

--
Roger Long

"BTIZ" wrote in message news:w8%lb.72583$La.58656@fed1read02...
at least the "signature" might not be faked.. I'd ask him to stop doing that
right away..

The signature of the safety pilot is not required.

SM