IFR Terminal Procedures Tool

dlevy wrote:
This question goes out to those with ifr experience (I'm proud to say my
ticket is 17 days old). Is it reasonable to just print the destination and
alternate plates and depart?

If the weather is VFR and you're just filing because you want to, not
because you have to, then it's probably reasonable.

If the weather really gets bad, you'll want more choices than just
your destination and filed alternate. Having the full book with you
gives you those choices.

The idea is to always have an out. Let's say an hour into a three
hour flight a pax starts to feel ill (or airsick, or has to pee, or
whatever). If it's IFR at the nearest airport to your current
position and you don't have approach plates for it, you've got a
problem.

wrote:
On 2 Feb 2005 13:08:24 -0500, (Roy Smith) wrote:

dlevy wrote:
This question goes out to those with ifr experience (I'm proud to say my
ticket is 17 days old). Is it reasonable to just print the destination and
alternate plates and depart?

If the weather is VFR and you're just filing because you want to, not
because you have to, then it's probably reasonable.

If the weather really gets bad, you'll want more choices than just
your destination and filed alternate. Having the full book with you
gives you those choices.

Those choices always exist, with or without plates on board.

Well, yes you can always get ATC to read you the approach. And, yes,
pilots should certainly be aware of that possibility so they know it
exists in case they ever need to call on it.

But, as much as possible, you want to be self-sufficient. Carrying a
book of approach plates that costs about $4 doesn't seem like too much
to ask.

You do bring up a good point about the IFR GPS having most of the
information needed to fly the approach. It doesn't seem like it would
have taken that much more memory to stuff the altitudes in there too;
then you would be completely self-sufficient without the need to carry
dead trees around with you.

This thing is great!!! How about doing it for an entire state?