"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
k.net...
One cannot be above clouds and have VMC upon reaching controlled airspace
at 700' AGL, VFR cloud clearance requires a minimum of 1000' above clouds.

Good point. So the puzzle here is not why the pilot was found to have been
careless and reckless, but rather why he *wasn't* found to have knowingly
entered controlled airspace in IMC without a clearance.

--Gary