Matt Barrow wrote:


Good points IF you only fly in that region, and IF you only fly during the
summer or winter.

Which I do. Actually, I fly pretty much all over the Western states (west
of the Rockies) and I do it year round.


The mid-west weather is very different during each of the four seasons.

If I lived and flew in the midwest a lot (or any coastal area for that
matter) I'd have obtained the rating 20 years ago.

Going from southwest to mid-west can get rather, shall we say, interesting?

I've done it quite often in the spring and summer. The midwest weather
that has kept me on the ground also kept the IR pilots of light aircraft on
the ground.

Not to mention when you HAVE to go, rather than when it'd just be "nice" to
go.

Unless you're flying a high-end, known-ice, radar equipped bird, that
statement is a bit disturbing. If you HAVE to go somewhere, I'd suggest a
commercial airline. Their equipment and training is better suited for it.
The average light single is far from an all weather aircraft, especially
during winter when icing is more prevalent.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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