"Capt. Doug" wrote in message
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While your scenario may be right on the money, let me point out that some
pilots will claim to be IMC even when there isn't a cloud in the sky.
Their
reasoning is that by doing this, it keep the onus of seperation on the
controller. We both know this isn't quite how it works, but then again, a
chimpanzee flew Mercury 7.


A chimpanzee did not fly Mercury 7. The chimpanzee "Ham" flew on
Mercury-Redstone 2 and the chimpanzee "Enos" flew on Mercury-Atlas 5.
Mercury-Atlas 7 was flown by Scott Carpenter.