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"A.Coleman" wrote in message . .. Says something about American Flyers that it's taking a primary student up shooting instrument approaches in low IMC . As far as I am concerned, it would be just fine for a flight school to give intro rides to prospective pilots, no less student pilots, in low IMC. The relevant question is the experience level of the CFII, especially his experience in low IMC. It is entirely possible for a CFII to have never been in a cloud and/or to have never been in the right seat in IMC -- THOSE experience factors are far more important IMHO than the experience of the pilot in the left seat. -------------------- Richard Kaplan www.flyimc.com |
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"A.Coleman" wrote in message . .. Says something about American Flyers that it's taking a primary student up shooting instrument approaches in low IMC . As far as I am concerned, it would be just fine for a flight school to give intro rides to prospective pilots, no less student pilots, in low IMC. The relevant question is the experience level of the CFII, especially his experience in low IMC. It is entirely possible for a CFII to have never been in a cloud and/or to have never been in the right seat in IMC -- THOSE experience factors are far more important IMHO than the experience of the pilot in the left seat. -------------------- Richard Kaplan www.flyimc.com |
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Earlier thread idicated 200 and 1/8 I believe. If that's what is being
reported, a good lesson may be that, "we don't even try that, it's time to divert" A.Coleman wrote: The damned ceiling couldn't have been more than 500 feet. Temp/dewpoint spread was zero. Says something about American Flyers that it's taking a primary student up shooting instrument approaches in low IMC . |
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I agree, but it is more meaningful to the pilot if he/she has had some
instrument training. I once gave a cross country phase check to a (quite capable) student pilot. When we departed (near dusk) it was VFR but when we returned 45 minutes later, the infamous Southern California stratus had covered our home base. I had the student fly the whole approach. I handled the radios and watched carefully. Althought it wasn't "low IMC" it was a great experience for him- a real confidence builder. Lee Elson Richard Kaplan wrote: "A.Coleman" wrote in message . .. Says something about American Flyers that it's taking a primary student up shooting instrument approaches in low IMC . As far as I am concerned, it would be just fine for a flight school to give intro rides to prospective pilots, no less student pilots, in low IMC. The relevant question is the experience level of the CFII, especially his experience in low IMC. It is entirely possible for a CFII to have never been in a cloud and/or to have never been in the right seat in IMC -- THOSE experience factors are far more important IMHO than the experience of the pilot in the left seat. -------------------- Richard Kaplan www.flyimc.com |
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An old flame.
wrote in message ... wrote: What does the reporter say in the article that causes you to classify him as an "assoholic?" What I think is funny: "burning flame" Really!?!?! What other kinds of flames are there? -- Mike Flyin'8 PP-ASEL Temecula, CA http://flying.4alexanders.com |
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Andrew Gideon wrote:
It's possible that there was no contact with the tower if the pilot hadn't been handed off yet (or if he never made contact with the tower after the hand-off). He's 1/4 mile from the runway and hasn't been handed off yet? George Patterson There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the mashed potatoes. |
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Its possible those facts were relayed to the reporter, who then added
them to the article out of context. -- Peter And gets information he doesn't understand he should follow up on it, not just stick it in the story. I've never seen a reporter do that... they think they have it right the first time and are the most stupid people I've seen... seeming to be experts at things they no nothing about... they don't even know enough to ask the question.. but that's JMHO BT |
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In article 240420051342072877%bodhijunkoneeightyeightjunkatm , Tom Fleischman wrote:
A Cessna 172 crashed yesterday short of the approach end of RWY 16 killing the pilot and instructor aboard. No cause for the accident has yet been established, but the weather was at or near minimums for the ILS-16 approach at the time of the crash and and tracking the flight on: Expletive. This hits too close to home. My sympathies to both families. Morris |
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BTIZ wrote:
I've never seen a reporter do that... they think they have it right the first time and are the most stupid people I've seen... The few with which I've dealt haven't seemed to be stupid -- they're just in too much of a hurry to double-check things. Gotta make that deadline. George Patterson There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the mashed potatoes. |
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George, this is not about common sense, this is about the belief that only
you have common sense and the rest of the world are idiots. The sooner you get that, the sooner you will stop posting these reasonable posts and get with the flaming. "George Patterson" wrote in message news:Pmhbe.4701$WX.776@trndny01... BTIZ wrote: I've never seen a reporter do that... they think they have it right the first time and are the most stupid people I've seen... The few with which I've dealt haven't seemed to be stupid -- they're just in too much of a hurry to double-check things. Gotta make that deadline. George Patterson There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the mashed potatoes. |
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