Fred Choate wrote:
How much is too much over gross weight?

I will not fly 1 pound over gross, I will not delibrately break an FAR, I
will always do a thorough pre-flight on the aircraft, I will only cancel IFR
once I'm more than 500' below or 1000' above the clouds, etc. As a CFI, I
have canceled lessons because the compass card was missing or not legible -
perhaps the cancelation proves to be a better lesson for the student in the
long run than the instructional flight. Either way, I'm not prepared to be
tempted by the slippery slope.

NAFI Code Of Ethics: http://www.nafinet.org/who/code.html

Hilton