I have met a number of pilots who were not instrument rated but claimed they
had the right stuff... There have been a couple of times when I was forced
to shoot an approach to minimums with the airplane bucking and shaking...
It would have been nice to have one of those right stuff pilots to take over
for me at that point...
Denny
"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
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Michael,

I know a lot of people who have filed IFR without benefit of rating.
I don't know any who were caught, but I do know at least one who went
on to become a captain for a major airline.


Well, seems that one was caught here in Germany a few weeks ago in the
ultimate way: He crashed and died. Official accident report is still
not done, though.

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)