"Jose" wrote:

Let's see if I can learn something, and turn this around. It's =you=
flying up the coast, say to Teterboro. You're directly on the other
side of Potomac Approach's airspace (whatever shape it happens to be
at that time). For argument's sake, you're at 5000 feet in a rental
172RG with a moving map GPS, no radar, no spherics, and no weather
imagery available to you (except via descriptions on the radio). You
have three and a half hours of gas, and have a clearance through to
your destination, which takes you in between building TCU. There are
cells to your west and northwest somewhere, maybe forty miles off your
route. You're IMC.

"N423YL, Potomac is refusing to handle you. What are your
intentions?"

How do you respond?

Good question.

From my relaxed position in this comfy chair, my reply is "Well, I still
need to get to Teterboro and I don't have any weather gear on board,
what do you suggest?" If I was at 5,000, IMC and sweating about
imbedded thunderstorms, I might not be so quick with an apt reply.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM