wrote:

Even with it we don't fly a small percentage of out planned trips
because of the weather, but still, flying an approach to an airport
when the weather isn't good just seems not to be a big deal, but those
who are trying to maintain VFR had a heck of a time.

It's probably a stupid question from someone who flys in the right
seat, but could someone offer some reasonable answer?


If you own an airplane and take passengers on trips of more than, say,
500 miles or for more than a couple of days at a time, it really doesn't
make a lot of sense *not* to be IFR rated. That's my opinion.

People do it all the time though, and as long as you are able (and
willing) to wait out the weather whenever your briefer says "VFR
not recommended" then there's no problem. I certainly can't do that
because I don;t have endless vacation time available to me. I would
not, however, launch into convective weather... but that's usually
relatively short lived.