Common instruments on small aircraft

"Bart" wrote in news:1162078725.590455.253850
@e64g2000cwd.googlegroups.com:

Weather limitations are greatly over-rated. As others have pointed
out, the inconvenience of waiting out weather can be less than an
hour, and most of the time less than a day.

When the meeting is at 10 AM, that's a show-stopper.

People who "must be there" at a particular time miss a lot of meetings,
regardless of their mode of transportation.

But you're much more likely to miss it if you're depending on GA.

Bad weather affects nearly all modes of transportation. It creates traffic
and accidents on the roads. It delays commercial airliners. And it can
cause delays for GA. However, I would point out that if you are instrument
rated and current, and not flying into a major metro airport like EWR, IAD,
ORD, or LAX, you will likely suffer fewer and shorter delays in a single
engine spam can than you will in a CRJ or 737 flying to one of the major
metros...

The commercial flight can generally be relied upon; the GA flight
cannot. Commercial aviation has spent decades and billions of dollars
to ensure that airliners can fly in all but the worst weather.

That is not my experience at all. Within the last 5 months, my wife and
have missed connecting flights due to airline issues 2 out of 2 times. I
have yet to miss my arrival times flying GA.

I haven't missed a connecting flight for about the last 20 times I've
flown commercially. On average, many more people make their connecting
flights than not.

I think it may depend on the connection, but I also think you are mistaken.
Again, the above airports, which are the hubs for many airlines, have the
worst records.

As for GA, I've been trying to make a trip for two weeks now, but
haven't been able due to weather. If I had needed to, I could have made
the trip in a car and been back home the same day two weeks ago. I put
it off because I'm using it as an excuse to fly - which I believe is
what most GA pilots probably do.

Are you instrument rated? If you are not instrument rated, then I agree
that flying GA is not dependable. Get your Instrument Rating and you will
see a whole other level of practicality to GA.