T o d d P a t t i s t wrote:


If you think it's useless, what is the point of the training
then?

Please show me where I stated that this training was useless.
I never stated that it was useless, only that 3 hours of this
training was insufficient to save someone from the situation
that the pilot of the 152 encountered in that incident. You
seemed (in your post) to insist that the 3 hours as a part of
PP training should be sufficient to allow anyone to safely fly
their airplane in IMC safely back to VMC. All too often this is
not to be the case.

As a CFI I make no illusions about how skilled a given PP will be
if they encounter serious IMC and I do warn them of this. We
train them as best we can within the 3 hours or so we have, and,
of course they must demonstrate an acceptable level of performanc
in this activity on their checkride.

The fact is that most people want to get their PP certificate
in as minimum a time as necessary (can't blame them, its not
cheap). Perhaps PP certificates should have a warning label on
them sorta like Walmarts labels on superman holloween costumes
("Warning: this cape will not give the wearer the ability to fly")

:^)



we have to spend. If they desire to spend
more time in this area or I Possibly he had a false sense of confidence
of his
3 hours of training.