"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message ...
Viperdoc wrote:

As a matter of fact, I did make a comment about flying VFR under such
terrible conditions, and her response was: filing IFR wouldn't have made a
difference.

While I agree with Peter's suggestion to get the FAA involved, I expect I would have
behaved much the same way that you did. You do what you can.

George Patterson
I childproofed my house, but they *still* get in.

Lol! Well, sometimes being under a squall line is better than filing
IFR and getting a high altitude, penatrating cells with large vertical
development, and picking up ice. (I bet her Naner doesn't have radar
or stormscope.) None of us were there in the cockpit with this lady,
Doc, so I'm reluctant to encourge this witchhunt by what appear to be
comments by low-time private pilots on this NG. I went through this
phase of scudrunning many years ago, and fortunately survived. The
rationalization that: "I've got plenty of fuel, so I can always ask
for a pop up clearance if it gets too bad" sounds like a common 500-hr
pilot attitude that seems reasonable until something bad happens like
you hit a tree branch or spot some rocks in the clouds or realize, as
in my case, that I flew under new high voltage lines that were
obscured in the fog (about a month later a 182 on the same river hit
them breaking the neck of the pilot and seriously injuring his
passenger.) That was my wake up call. I realized those wires were
meant for me.

I don't know Viperdoc, you were the one who spoke with this lady... My
guess is her close call hasn't sunk in yet. Any chance you could get
an instructor at her field to go talk to her? Or if that's too much
trouble, contact her directly since you both work in the same
profession. Suspect she might listen to a senior M.D.like you.
Getting the FAA involved should be the last step.

Regards,

pacplyer