Nobody with two brain cells
left whips out a sectional while in the pattern to
locate the idiot IFR pilot.
So VFR pilots don't use sectionals in preflight planning or while in flight.
Why do they carry them at all?

They use sectionals in planning but don't memorize the location of all
intersections enroute. Therefore if they need to find an intersection,
they would need to consult the chart. Intersections are not prominant.

They carry sectionals to refer to in flight, and smart pilots refer to
them when looking out the window isn't critical. Smart pilots, for
example, aren't looking for an intersection on a sectional while a
hundred feet above the threshold, or when they are near an airport and
scanning for traffic in the pattern (and other traffic shooting through
the pattern).

I don't want to go into what dumb pilots do with sectionals.

Jose
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